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  A small number of aged care providers will ban residents from going out with their loved ones on Christmas Day as a COVID-19 precautionary measure, despite there being no community transmission of the virus anywhere in Australia and no official guidance recommending they do so. The issue of residents spending time with friends and... Read More

  The Queensland government has passed into law minimum care hours and fixed staff ratios for the state’s government-run residential aged care facilities. In the wake of the Earle Haven emergency evacuation of more than 70 aged care residents in July, premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced fixed staff ratios in state-owned residential aged care facilities and... Read More

  The aged care watchdog may be given additional powers that allow it to impose fines on providers that fail to comply with new rules about reporting neglect and abuse in aged care homes. The proposal to increase the powers of the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission, which will be debated when parliament resumes next month,... Read More