Council car park becomes culturally safe care for Indigenous elders

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A council-owned car park in Sydney’s inner south will soon become a much-needed indigenous aged care facility. The City of Sydney awarded the $20 million site to a local provider for just $1 to ensure elders have access to culturally safe care. And a warning to Indigenous viewers - this story contains images of people who have died.

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00:00Out with the cars and in with the carers, these 55 parking spots are set to move underground,

00:09making space for a 50-bed aged care home.

00:13What it will mean will be deep reassurance for our people and our community that our

00:19elders are going to be properly cared for.

00:22After an open call out, the City of Sydney Council awarded Wyanga Aboriginal Aged Care

00:28the $20 million site in exchange for the nominal fee of $1.

00:34What's very special about it for us is that First Nations Elders will be living in the area

00:39that has been home to Aboriginal people for a very long time.

00:43Wyanga has provided culturally safe aged care in the home for the past 30 years in the site

00:49just next door.

00:51This project means it will be able to expand its services in a space that's now dedicated

00:56to aged care in perpetuity.

00:58Once this facility is built, it will be the only of its kind in the Sydney City region.

01:05Wyanga will partner with not-for-profit Uniting who will now begin the design and construction.

01:11Once built, operations will officially be handed over to Wyanga.

01:16Cultural safety shouldn't be treated as an add-on, it should be treated as a standard of care.

01:22It comes as the country grapples with a critical aged care bed shortage.

01:27In New South Wales, 1,100 people are currently in hospitals across the state,

01:32waiting for an aged care or NDIS placement.

01:36New aged care laws are set to be passed in just a matter of days,

01:40addressing 58 Royal Commission recommendations, including funding for culturally safe services like Wyanga.

01:48This is a true demonstration of what culturally safe and meaningful care looks like for our people into the future.

01:56Providing lasting care to those in need.

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02:14you can see the farmer's relationship approach.

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