How To Safely Wear PPE In Aged Care

A University of South Australia nursing lecturer has used her own COVID-19 experience to inform research into a little-known side effect of the virus – sudden deafness. Read More

A friend is sending me documents needed to make me the executor of his will. He does not expect to die from this pandemic but he has enough weaknesses in his body to be fairly sure he would not survive the virus if it gets to him. He is not as old as I am but he is not young either. He is clear-sighted enough to know what he must do now: stay at home. He is also clear-sighted enough to admit into his thinking the common fact of death. Read More

Victorian aged care residents are being locked in their rooms, residents are being forced to celebrate milestone birthdays behind a pane of glass, and some homes are still banning visitors – even though visits are permitted if they deliver care and support to the resident. Read More