How To Safely Wear PPE In Aged Care

The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission has released a statement on regulatory action to minimise the risk of spread of COVID-19 to staff and consumers in aged care facilities in Victoria. The action relates to a number of approved providers of residential aged care services experiencing a COVID-19 outbreak, following concerns about the serious... Read More

  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

Senior managers at a Melbourne nursing home, where nearly 50 residents died from COVID-19 and suspected neglect during the height of the pandemic in 2020, have lost their appeal to avoid producing evidence for a coronial inquest. Read More