How To Safely Wear PPE In Aged Care

In residential aged care facilities, face shields or other protective eyewear (such as goggles) should be worn for the routine care of suspected, probable or confirmed cases of COVID-19. Guidance on the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in areas with significant community transmission is available on the Department's website. The risk of COVID-19 from transmission via the eye is unknown. However, as the predominant mode of transmission is via droplets, eye (and conjunctival) protection should be worn until further evidence emerges. Read More

Former managers of St Basil's Home For The Aged, in Fawkner, Victoria, have lost their Supreme Court of Victoria bid and are being compelled to provide evidence to the Coroners Court of Victoria. Read More

Many years ago, I watched a most memorable episode of the sci-fi/fantasy series Twilight Zone. In it, a lowly, picked-on secretary accidentally finds herself in a parallel universe via a faulty photocopying machine. There, to her bemusement, it turns out that the pecking order is vastly different, with beautiful models being somewhere near the bottom... Read More