How To Safely Wear PPE In Aged Care

The Morrison Government delivered just 38 emergency food packages to older Australians isolating because of COVID-19 after announcing it would deliver 36,000. This failure raises serious questions about how well the Government targeted and advertised this support for older Australians. It is very concerning that so few emergency food packages have been delivered by the... Read More

‘Stop the world – I want to get off’ is the title of a musical created in the 1960s. Some 55 years later as we become globally enmeshed in a pandemic the like of which none of us has experienced before, one could be forgiven for wanting to shout those words from the rooftops. I... Read More

Nearly one in five aged care workers are opposed to the sector’s compulsory influenza vaccination policy, due to come in on 1 May. The opposition exists despite the clear and present dangers of flu, especially during the dangers of the COVID-19 pandemic. A survey of 1,748 members of HelloCare’s Aged Care Workers Support Group revealed... Read More