How To Safely Wear PPE In Aged Care

Today the National Cabinet agreed on temporary funding to support Aged Care providers, residents, staff and families. Building on the package of measures announced last week, additional funding of $444.6 million is expected to strengthen the industry, with specific mechanisms to reinforce the aged care workforce. It will include: $234.9 million for a COVID-19 ‘retention... Read More

With the death overnight of six older Victorians with COVID-19, Victorian aged care services are going public with major concerns about gaps in government coronavirus supports, including PPE, staffing, transfers and testing. 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