How To Safely Wear PPE In Aged Care

  The Queensland health minister has launched an independent inquiry into how a nurse continued to work at a Rockhampton nursing home while infected with COVID-19. “A lot of people have asked me over the last few days how a nurse could be working at a nursing home while she was positive with coronavirus,” the... Read More

The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission has not inspected the infection control practices of three out of every four aged care homes across Australia, according to recent data. In August, infection control spot checks were expanded to be nation-wide, after initially focussing only on Victoria and New South Wales. The spot checks provide an... Read More

  Canada has been ranked as the worst country in the world for the rate of COVID-19 deaths that occurred among residents of aged care homes. So dire is the situation within Canadian aged care homes, the government has called in the army to help. “We shouldn’t have soldiers taking care of seniors,” observed Canada’s Prime Minister,... Read More