An aged care facility on the New South Wales south coast has been in lockdown since the June long weekend following an influenza outbreak. Five residents of the nursing home were taken to hospital with the flu, and 15 remain in isolation. Tragically, three residents died in hospital and a fourth resident died at the facility from the...
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A husband and wife escaped their aged care home after the man, who is living with dementia, employed his military skills to crack the lock code.
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In an interview with HelloCare, Janet Anderson, the head of the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission, spoke candidly about how recent changes that were made to the residential aged care quality standards provided a shift in focus, and would now place more importance on a residents preferences regarding their own care. While this has been...
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