How To Safely Wear PPE In Aged Care

A Victorian aged care provider says it is cutting back on staff due to financial pressures, despite the fact the sector is facing its most serious health challenge in more than a century. Not-for-profit provider Royal Freemasons Aged Care Facilities has been forced to cut back staff hours to ensure the organisation’s ongoing financial sustainability,... Read More

  The senate select committee has handed down a damning report on the government’s bungled handling of this year’s COVID-19 crisis in aged care homes, particularly in NSW and Victoria. “The government is responsible for significant failings in the aged care sector prior to, and during the pandemic,” the report states. COVID-19 “exposed and exacerbated long-running problems” in... Read More

It is with sadness we report that five people have died in a 24-hour period as a result of COVID-19 at Newmarch House in Sydney’s western suburbs. Yesterday’s deaths mean 11 people have now passed away at the aged care facility since 11 April, when the virus was first detected at Newmarch House. The outbreak... Read More