{"id":25550,"date":"2022-04-04T09:19:18","date_gmt":"2022-04-03T23:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/?p=25550"},"modified":"2022-04-06T11:18:39","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T01:18:39","slug":"the-2022-federal-budget-gives-us-nothing-to-smile-about-say-dentists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/the-2022-federal-budget-gives-us-nothing-to-smile-about-say-dentists\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2022 federal budget gives older Australians nothing to smile about"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/old_man_at_dentist.jpg\" alt=\"oral health care elderly\" class=\"wp-image-25551 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/old_man_at_dentist.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/old_man_at_dentist-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/old_man_at_dentist-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/old_man_at_dentist-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/old_man_at_dentist-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/old_man_at_dentist-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/old_man_at_dentist-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/old_man_at_dentist-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/old_man_at_dentist-112x75.jpg 112w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/old_man_at_dentist.jpg\" alt=\"oral health care elderly\" class=\"wp-image-25551 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/old_man_at_dentist.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/old_man_at_dentist-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/old_man_at_dentist-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/old_man_at_dentist-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/old_man_at_dentist-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/old_man_at_dentist-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/old_man_at_dentist-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/old_man_at_dentist-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/old_man_at_dentist-112x75.jpg 112w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Photo: prostooleh 123rf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet again the federal budget has failed to deliver on Australia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/9ed23350b863437d6e7b39c1b\/files\/77cb94fb-a99e-f097-327e-4dc6d1107429\/Silent_Shame_Media_release_FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Silent Shame<\/a>\u2014the much overdue oral health care needs of our ageing\/older Australians, claims the chair of the Older Person\u2019s Working Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The concern is the most vulnerable have been neglected\u2014elderly Australians living in residential care who are too frail to attend a dental provider and unable to look after themselves to maintain optimum oral health and oral hygiene.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, the announcement of another extension of the Federation Funding Agreement (FFA) with state and territories, fails to address the inadequacy of this short shelf life funding model which does not allow for forward planning and therefore does not provide sustainable long-term oral health solutions.\u00a0<\/p><div class=\"bitem-article-desktop-720x300-in-text\" id=\"bitem-2793694499\"><!-- Bite 720x300 [async] -->\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">if (!window.AdButler){(function(){var s = document.createElement(\"script\"); 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