As the aged care worker pay rise tribunal begins this week, the lawyer representing aged care employees has cautioned the Fair Work Commission against using gender as a reason to lift wages in the union’s bid to increase pay by 25%.
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Mr B was an 86-year-old male who had been living in a low-level care facility in Northern Queensland for about one year. One Sunday, Mr B notified staff he was unwell and had vomited. The RN on shift at that time reviewed him and noted the presence of a small hernia that was not painful....
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Nursing students at the University of the Sunshine Coast are being given the opportunity to live next door to the campus in a nursing home, and spend time socialising with residents. The students will be given heavily subsidised accommodation and in return they will spend time with the residents at Cooinda Aged Care, sitting and...
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