Interview with the Minister of Aged Care, Hon Ken Wyatt AM, MP

  With a total of 19 residents deaths and 71 staff members and residents testing positive for COVID-19, the situation that unfolded at Anglicare’s Newmarch House has become a case study in what can happen when infection control goes wrong in an Australian aged care home. The recent Four Corners exposé entitled ‘Like the Plague’... Read More

In South Australia’s Adelaide Hills, plans are underway to build a new, state-of-the-art aged care facility that blends the latest in dementia-care research with community-centred design. Clayton Church Homes has unveiled plans for a 60-bed home, Summerhill, to be located on a hilltop site in the town of Uraidla. CHS is a not-for-profit provider aligned... Read More

Last week, the world was saddened by the passing of Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs. Sachs died on 23rd of November from vascular dementia, after being diagnosed four years ago. Sachs was a comic actor most famous for his role as Manuel, the often confused Spanish waiter with his trademark “que?”, in the 70’s television... Read More