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On Sunday, March 7, police spoke to a 20-year-old man who Jasmeen knew, who subsequently told police he could take them to where her body was buried near Hawker, over 430km north of where she had last been seen.  "[The man] agreed to show detectives a grave in the Moralana Creek bed where he said she had been buried," Detective Superintendent Des Bray said on Monday afternoon. Read More

Nearly half of hospital patients diagnosed with dementia were physically restrained to prevent them from harming themselves, according to a new study. Hospital patients in Japan who are living with dementia were physically restrained to prevent them from trying to get out of bed, trying to pull out catheters, and to prevent the risk of falling,... Read More

Once unannounced visits are introduced, reaccreditation may no longer be necessary, suggests Kate Carnell, lead author of the Review of National Aged Care Quality Regulatory Processes report. Speaking at the Criterion Aged Care Reform After the 2018 Federal Budget Conference, Ms Carnell said, “I can’t for the life of me see what the point is... Read More