How To Safely Wear PPE In Aged Care

  LASA’s 10-day Congress got underway on Monday, with the head of the peak body saying the sector must change. Aged care must “fight” against “inertia”, said LASA chief executive officer, Sean Rooney.  The perception of the sector will only change when we change, he said, noting that the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality... Read More

Researchers in China have found that people who wear glasses appear to be at lower risk of catching COVID-19. The authors of the study, published in JAMA Ophthalmology, noticed that since the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan in December 2019, few patients with spectacles were admitted to hospital suffering from COVID-19. To investigate further, they collected... Read More

  By Shir Shimoni, King’s College London The elderly have come to occupy a central place in our news bulletins these days. Headlines were quick to inform the public that the highest mortality rate from COVID-19 is in people aged 70 and over. Experts have repeatedly announced that the pandemic is severe and the virus is... Read More