How To Safely Wear PPE In Aged Care

From 1 May, it will be compulsory for residential aged care workers to be vaccinated against the flu, but the same requirement is not made of home care workers. According to a Department of Health fact sheet,, in-home care workers are strongly encouraged to get vaccinated against the flu, but it is not a requirement... Read More

  The world has suddenly closed in on the residents of aged care facilities. In Australia, the prime minister has announced tight controls on who can visit and when, and social distancing and infection control measures mean the opportunity for physical and personal closeness is disappearing. Similar restrictions are in place in aged care homes... Read More

Federal Health Department Secretary Brendan Murphy has admitted some COVID deaths in aged care might have been prevented if there had been a quicker public health response. Read More