Aged care facilities have featured heavily in Australia’s response to the coronavirus as older people are particularly vulnerable if they contract the illness. One aged care facility in northern Sydney recorded a cluster of Australia’s first coronavirus cases, and tragically, two of Australia’s three deaths occurred at the home. Contagious diseases, like coronavirus, can quickly...
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When night shift ends and morning staff clock on, there is sometimes an expectation that some residents will already have been showered. But if they haven’t, should staff wake residents early in the morning to shower them?
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The government is proposing to change the way it delivers funding for home care services because there is a growing problem with rising levels of unspent funds. Currently, funding for home care is delivered in bulk and upfront. One problem of that system is when funding is not spent by the consumer, it remains with the provider....
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