Self-reporting from aged care providers leaves the door ajar for data manipulation, and some have already taken steps to ensure that negative feedback isn’t included in quarterly reporting.
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The federal government is expected to provide a comprehensive response to the Aged Care Royal Commission's damning report in the federal budget. But the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is concerned the government won't fund the commission's recommended mandated nursing ratios and skills mix.
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Should nursing homes give priority to residents who can afford to pay for aged care, even if it means frail and elderly couples are separated? A perth nursing home is refusing to grant an 87 year old man a bed in the home where his wife of 68 years lives because the home is giving...
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