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Funded family care system under fire

07.12.2020 - By RNZPlay

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The Government is quietly scrapping the controversial policy which pays family members to care for a disabled relative but the alternatives are being criticised as just as confusing and bureaucratic.

Introduced in 2013, Funded Family Care has been fraught with problems, including requiring the disabled person - who often lacked mental capacity - to be the employer.

Catherine Hutton reports new system is now under fire.

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