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The fourth day of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety hearings in Darwin heard damning evidence and a desperate plea from a former journalist urging all Australians with relatives currently living in nursing homes to install surveillance cameras in the rooms of their loved ones. Lisa Backhouse, gave detailed testimony outlining the... Read More

It was recently announced that Australian Aged Care Quality Agency are planning to charge operators to conduct annual unannounced spot checks on them. Approximately every three years aged care facilities are audited to ensure that they have met the accreditation standards set by government agency. In addition to these audits, every year there is at... Read More

It is extremely worrying when someone with dementia develops pneumonia. Pneumonia is more common among elderly people and affects those with weakened immune systems, such as those who are living with dementia. A study of people living with dementia showed that as many as 40 per cent developed pneumonia over the 18-month study period. The... Read More