As children we get taught that when we do something wrong, we should apologise and say we’re sorry. So why is it that as adults, and organisations, we struggle to admit fault and apologise when things go wrong? In aged care, there is often more focus on fixing, or historically even covering up, the problem...
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A 43-year-old Victorian woman with multiple sclerosis has been forced to move into a nursing home while her husband battles inoperable cancer without her by his side. Toni Mellington asked that her NDIS support plan be reviewed when her husband, Brad Mills, was diagnosed with cancer. Ms Mellington hoped that the NDIS would allow her...
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When I tell my friends that I am writing about clothes and laundry in nursing homes, they are surprised. But when I say this to anyone who lives in, works in or visits a nursing home, they understand how clothes and laundry are in fact critical to health.
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