Fun Day at the Footy for Freedom Residents

The peak body for non-profit aged care providers Aged and Community Services Australia (ACSA) has released new Essential polling showing that a significant majority of Australians (69%) support aged care homes limiting visitors in order to protect older Australians from COVID-19. Only 10% oppose visitor bans. This poll was conducted by Essential Research. The survey... Read More

When an agency worker turns up to work at an aged care facility they haven’t worked in before, everything will be new to them: the other staff, the residents, the layout of the building, where things are kept, and routines they need to follow.  Every new facility an agency staff member works in is like... Read More

A recent comment posted on the Aged Care Advocacy Facebook Group raised an important question about family members gaining access to an aged care resident’s doctor’s contact details. The question posed was: “Is the daughter of an aged care resident allowed to ask the aged care facility for their mother’s doctor’s contact details? Is the... Read More