How To Safely Wear PPE In Aged Care

  Laundry staff, cleaners and kitchen staff working in residential aged care will not receive the government’s retention bonus, even though home care workers performing similar duties are entitled to the payment. On 20 March, the government announced it will pay a ‘retention bonus’ to aged care workers to help providers keep staff employed through... Read More

A young nurse is one of the latest cases of blood clots following an AstraZeneca vaccine dose, just a week before updated recommendations from the TGA. Read More

Victoria’s active cases have dipped below 300 for the first time since June this week, and there is a sense the state is emerging from the crisis. Whilst the numbers are improving there are still 79 active cases in aged care homes across the state – that’s 27 per cent of active cases. New cases are... Read More