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Researchers have long known there is a link between depression and dementia. Depression often accompanies depression, with experts saying that as many as 30 percent of those with dementia also suffer from depression. The rates in nursing homes are likely to be even higher. According to Dementia Australia, dementia can actually contribute to depression, through... Read More

Expansion of COVID-19 testing criteria To further protect vulnerable Australians, the Government has agreed to an AHPPC recommendation to expand the current coronavirus testing criteria to include testing of aged and residential care workers with fever or acute respiratory infection. The testing criteria is set out in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Communicable Disease Network Australia... Read More

A staff member at Carinity Fairfield Grange home has raised the alarm over five mysterious deaths at the Queensland nursing home. The residents’ deaths, which occurred over the past 12 months, are currently being investigated by police. All five residents were receiving palliative care from the one doctor, who has now been reported. Carinity CEO,... Read More