When is the third Aged Care Worker Retention Bonus being paid? We have been asked this question dozens of times over the last few weeks. Now the Department of Health has assured us the payment is coming down the pipeline for eligible frontline workers.
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As the royal commission begins investigating the failures of the residential aged care sector, it is important such a review also considers the broader socio-political factors that have contributed to this crisis. The commission needs to go beyond the institutional problems at individual aged care facilities, as these are a symptom of a much broader...
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When discussing palliative care, the most common patients that people imagine are cancer patients. However, palliative care is not exclusively just for cancer patients – it’s for any kind of terminal illness. One study looked to find four non-cancer populations that might benefit from a palliative approach. What was found was that people with ALS,...
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