Aged Care, loan, royal commission
Q. The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Assurance is investigating the current funding system for residential support and aged care. One suggestion for improvement is to introduce a loan scheme to pay for a person’s care in retirement. The personal loan is paid off using the person’s assets only after they die, with any outstanding loan amount covered by the government.
To what extent would you support or oppose this loan system for aged care if it were introduced?
| Total | Gender | Age Group | Federal Voting Intention | |||||||
| Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | Labor | Liberal + National | Greens | TOTAL: Other | ||
| Strongly oppose | 12% | 12% | 12% | 7% | 12% | 17% | 10% | 9% | 18% | 23% |
| Somewhat oppose | 18% | 20% | 16% | 19% | 18% | 18% | 22% | 17% | 22% | 16% |
| Somewhat support | 37% | 40% | 34% | 43% | 35% | 33% | 39% | 41% | 32% | 27% |
| Strongly support | 11% | 13% | 10% | 13% | 13% | 8% | 10% | 16% | 9% | 5% |
| Unsure | 22% | 15% | 28% | 18% | 23% | 24% | 19% | 16% | 19% | 30% |
| TOTAL: Oppose | 30% | 32% | 29% | 25% | 29% | 35% | 32% | 27% | 41% | 38% |
| TOTAL: Support | 48% | 53% | 44% | 56% | 47% | 41% | 49% | 57% | 41% | 32% |
| Base (n) | 1,081 | 539 | 542 | 338 | 374 | 369 | 298 | 460 | 115 | 104 |