Imagine … you are attending to a resident one day, and you suddenly find them unresponsive and not breathing. You believe the resident has a ‘do not resuscitate’ (DNR) order in place, but it’s not documented on your handover sheet and you have to make the critical decision to either; leave the resident whilst you go and find...
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At its hearing in Melbourne this morning, the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety marked the passing of the Honourable Richard Tracey AM RFD QC. Commissioner Tracey died on Friday, 11 October, after a short illness. He was 71. Commissioner Tracey was appointed Chair of the Royal Commission on 6 December 2018. He was a judge...
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The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety’s Interim Report was released yesterday afternoon, and if the conversations in the weeks leading up to the release of this report were anything to go by – very few people were shocked by what they read. The Interim Report, entitled Neglect, covers much of the work...
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