How To Safely Wear PPE In Aged Care

From 1 May, it will be compulsory for residential aged care workers to be vaccinated against the flu, but the same requirement is not made of home care workers. According to a Department of Health fact sheet,, in-home care workers are strongly encouraged to get vaccinated against the flu, but it is not a requirement... Read More

With social isolation of elderly people reaching epidemic proportions before the COVID-19 pandemic, visitor restrictions and lockdown laws have removed some of the last remaining outside-interactions that residents hold so dearly. Like many special visitors to aged care homes, professional singer Colette ‘Coco’ Hawley has been unable to perform for her beloved residents in person, but... Read More

The Covid-19 disaster sweeping through aged care has no doubt prompted plenty of family and friends to plan a ‘rescue’ mission for their loved one from a facility. Even before an alarming number of elderly Australians started contracting and or dying from the disease, families were starting to work through the process that could be involved. Read More