How To Safely Wear PPE In Aged Care

  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

The ‘social prescriptions’ see GPs prescribing social activities and events to older people who are at risk of social isolation and loneliness.  Read More

Last week, the royal commission heard the federal government failed to properly prepare the aged care sector for the one-in-a-hundred-year COVID-19 pandemic. “Neither the Commonwealth Department of Health nor the aged care regulator developed a COVID-19 plan specifically for the aged care sector,” said counsel assisting the royal commission, Peter Rozen QC. The lack of... Read More