A Change.org petition’s being started to keep aged care service Gummun Place open near Merriwa after Upper Hunter Shire Council said a decision’s yet to be made on a private operator.
Once permission has been received from a consultant, Council’s voted to release information on the process.
But residents say its closure would mean leaving elderly people without crucial support at the only facility of its kind in town.
They’re demanding an urgent intervention to save the Hostel from closure, and a comprehensive review of the Federal Government’s funding model for aged care.
It’s received over 450 signatures.
