Having just watched the interview with the Commissioner Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission, I wonder what planet the Commissioner lives on !
No comment on how the new the Standards will protect aged care consumers from the disgraceful conduct reported to the Royal Commission, no comment on what immediate action a consumer can take to protect a resident who is being treated poorly [for example; malnourished, dehydrated, bullied, isolated, it all happens], no comment on how consumers will be brought into every decision making process within the Commission and the Department of Health.
In fact almost no mention of the Royal Commission at all.
How can we expect consumer protection and safety from a Commission which is calmly contemplating evolutionary change when what vulnerable and distressed consumers need is revolutionary change, now.
Imagine waking up to missed calls, thinking they were scams, only to find out you've won $10 million! That's what happened to a QLD grandmother, who plans to use her Powerball winnings to buy a new car with a bull bar.
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Thousands of Australian grandparents are cut off from their grandchildren after family separations. Is it time to give them automatic visitation rights, or would that create more conflict?
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Loneliness is sometimes called the epidemic of our times. One in four Australians are lonely, according to a recent study by the Australian Psychological Society and Swinburne University of Technology. Lonely Australians are known to have worse physical and mental health, and are more likely to be depressed, the study found. Loneliness is particularly...
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Having just watched the interview with the Commissioner Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission, I wonder what planet the Commissioner lives on !
No comment on how the new the Standards will protect aged care consumers from the disgraceful conduct reported to the Royal Commission, no comment on what immediate action a consumer can take to protect a resident who is being treated poorly [for example; malnourished, dehydrated, bullied, isolated, it all happens], no comment on how consumers will be brought into every decision making process within the Commission and the Department of Health.
In fact almost no mention of the Royal Commission at all.
How can we expect consumer protection and safety from a Commission which is calmly contemplating evolutionary change when what vulnerable and distressed consumers need is revolutionary change, now.