Bupa has seen its ninth aged care home sanctioned in 12 months over ‘severe risk’ to residents.

Bupa Aged Care Eden has been sanctioned by the Department of Health over issues that pose a “severe risk to the health, safety and wellbeing of care recipients”, meaning it cannot accept any new residents or receive Commonwealth funding for a period of six months.

It is the latest in a string of Bupa aged care homes that have been sanctioned for failing to meet compliance benchmarks set by the Australian Aged Care Quality Agency.

Issues at Bupa's Eden home included medication management, clinical care, staffing and human resources, and behaviour management.

The story is similar for the eight other Bupa homes currently sanctioned.

Acting secretary of the New South Wales Nurses and Midwives' Association Judith Kiejda says it is time to overhaul the entire aged care system.

“You really wonder what they are doing with the 72 per cent of money that they get from the public purse. There's no accountability for this money,” Ms Kiejda told the ABC.

“The government needs to make the providers accountable for how they spend the public money they receive.”

She said the findings of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety will come too late for many residents.

“Quite frankly, a Royal Commission, by the time it gets up and running and the decisions are made, you're looking at two years before anything will start to be implemented. We've got a problem now.”

Bupa currently has nine aged care homes sanctioned and eight others have recently been found to be non-complaint, following the eleven issued non-compliance notices last year.