Royal Commission isn’t highlight “new problems”, hear from Leanne Emerson, Dementia Australia

  An assistant nurse has had an assault charge against her dismissed, after the magistrate said he believed the accused was genuinely trying to help the resident. Chancal Arokianathan had been working as a carer for 30 years, and up until the incident had an “unblemished record”, according to a report by the ABC. Just... Read More

  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

A disability support provider has posted an ad for an in-home carer requesting that “no dark-skinned applicants” need apply. The ad seeks a “mature” carer in the disability sector for a client with autism, and requests that “no dark-skinned (Indian or African) applicants apply for this role”. The blatantly racist request was the wish of... Read More