How To Safely Wear PPE In Aged Care

The independent adviser appointed to help Newmarch House manage its COVID-19 outbreak will leave his post more than a month earlier than anticipated. My Kinkade was appointed by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission on 7 May for a three-month term. However, Janet Anderson, Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner, wrote to the Newmarch House community... Read More

Imagine life without a private phone. Having to make personal phone calls to family and friends, your bank or to report abuse or ill treatment, all in a public space on a public phone. Imagine having to rely on that public phone during coronavirus lockdowns as the only way to connect with outside family and friends. That is how it is for many of those living in aged care in Australia. Read More

The Department of Health has issued updated information about where aged care workers can access the vaccine as of today, May 3. Aged care homes can hold on-site vaccination clinics for staff to receive either the Pfizer or AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, depending on their age. Read More