How To Safely Wear PPE In Aged Care

Nearly half of aged care workers plan on getting the COVID-19 vaccine according to a poll run by HelloCare this week.  The other forty-seven per cent of aged care workers said either "no" they wouldn’t (28%) or that they were still "unsure" (19.7%) about their intentions to get the vaccination.  Read More

  Geriatrician Kate Gregorevic spoke to HelloCare as she rushed from work at the hospital to her home, where she would be relieving her husband of his home-schooling responsibilities for their three young children. “It’s so hard for everyone in Melbourne right now,” she admitted of the stage-4 lockdown restrictions. Dr Gregorevic works at Royal Melbourne... Read More

  Bans on aged care workers working in multiple aged care facilities shows how little has been done to protect the aged care workforce and those they care for in this pandemic, Carolyn Smith, the aged care director of United Workers Union, said today. “The Federal Government and the broader industry have ignored calls for... Read More