The Prime Minister Scott Morrison yesterday has announced a $662 million funding boost to the Australian aged care sector, a day ahead of the commencement of Royal Commission hearings, and in the wake of media reports claiming budget cuts in 2015 had put pressure on aged care providers. Almost half – $320 million – of...
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With short staffing in many aged care facilities, many carers and nurses find themselves thinly spread across a high number of residents. And to cope with the workload, many residents get overloaded with medication to make them more manageable. Today, doctors from the Australian Medical Association (AMA) have spoken out against the practice. They say...
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By the time you get ready to go to bed, you check your clock and realize it’s way later than you realized. You jump into bed, and then you find that when your head hits the pillow, your mind starts racing. You can’t sleep at all. You’re physically exhausted, but sleep just doesn’t come. Does...
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