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Should staff be allowed to sleep on night duty for their health and safety?

Night shift is a common part of many aged care worker’s lives. Some enjoy it and come to prefer to work at night, while others never get used to the disruption night shift causes to the physical, emotional and social fabric of their lives.  There’s a huge amount of interest – both anecdotally as well... Read More

Colbeck stumbles on aged care COVID-19 death data – again

The Minister for Aged Care has used out-of-date data to make international comparisons with Australia’s handling of the COVID-19 crisis in aged care homes. In a parliamentary hearing in October last year after questioning from opposition home affairs spokeswoman, Kristina Keneally, Minister Richard Colbeck said New Zealand had experienced a similar rate of deaths in... Read More

Ballarat council snubs new Government home care model

The City of Ballarat has joined a growing number of Victorian councils that have rejected the Federal Government’s new Support at Home Program, instead choosing to introduce their own “council service model” to support older residents at home. Read More
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