Senior citizens forced to leave Boddington to access aged care services

After 51 years living in the same regional community in Western Australia, Beryl Batt's parents were forced to travel more than 90 kilometres away to access aged care, despite a community effort by the town to keep its seniors at home.

The town of Boddington, 120km south-east of Perth, is one of many regional communities in Australia that doesn't have an aged care facility.

When Ernie and Valda Jones' health began to deteriorate, their daughter Beryl Batt made the heartbreaking decision to move the couple to Mandurah, a three-hour round-trip away.

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