How To Safely Wear PPE In Aged Care

  As residential aged care occupancy rates fall to 10-year lows, home care providers may struggle to care for more patients with high acuity needs, according to a leading aged care expert. During COVID-19, thousands of beds in residential aged care have been left empty across Australia as families have decided it’s safer to keep... Read More

The tragic and unexpected deaths of two men shortly after receiving their vaccinations are now being investigated by the TGA, though no links have been established between the deaths and the COVID-19 jabs. Read More

Residents of aged care facilities will begin being vaccinated next week with the Pfizer vaccine, while aged care workers will begin to be vaccinated in March when supplies of the AstraZeneca vaccine become available. Thousands of residents at more than 240 aged care homes will receive their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine next week, across 190 towns and suburbs in rural and urban areas in every state and territory across the country. Read More