How To Safely Wear PPE In Aged Care

  COVID-19 infection numbers are starting to fall in Victorian aged care homes, and restrictions are slowly easing. But geriatrician Jesse Zanker is concerned about how residents will cope with the altered reality they will have to face during their first meal served back in the dining room. “Residents have lost a lot of people they... Read More

  A Santa visiting an aged care home in Belgium brought an unwelcome gift this year. He is being blamed for 75 staff and residents contracting the potentially deadly virus. ‘Sinkerklaas’, as Santa is known in Belgium, was brought into the home, where 150 residents live, to spread some Christmas cheer. But three days after... Read More

The federal government has stepped in to support Sydney’s Newmarch House during a COVID-19 outbreak that yesterday resulted in the death of a third resident. A total of 42 staff and residents of the Penrith nursing home have now tested positive to the virus after a staff member came to work while infected. As a... Read More