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Premature Deaths in Aged Care: Fall Prevention and The Dignity of Risk

A recent study found that thousands of older people were dying from incidents that could be easily preventable. Between 2000 and 2013, there were over 21,000 aged care residents who died in care. And of them 15.2% died because of “external causes”. The number one external cause of these deaths were falls. It was found... Read More

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Nursing home evacuated during the night after floods hit Sunshine Coast

  Forty residents of an aged care facility in South East Queensland were evacuated overnight after torrential rain and flash flooding hit the region. Coolum received more than 200mm of rain in a two-hour period yesterday, and the area was consequently affected by flash flooding and power outages. Coolum’s average monthly rainfall is 190mm. Decision... Read More
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