How To Safely Wear PPE In Aged Care

Residents of Sydney aged care facility, Newmarch House, have been given the option to move to alternative accommodation, after the chief executive officer admitted to “failings” in infection control at the home, including the fact some staff did not know how to wear personal protective equipment properly. On Sunday, Anglicare CEO, Grant Gillard, admitted there... Read More

Aged care staff have been forced to pay for their own rapid antigen tests despite the government acknowledging the importance of the tests in aged care screening and outbreak management. Read More

The vaccine rollout to aged care homes is behind schedule with only 26 aged care homes receiving vaccinations in the first two days of the rollout, despite more than 240 homes having been scheduled to receive them by Friday. Read More