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Government Review Prompts 10 Recommendations to Ensure the Safety and Quality of Care for the Elderly

After months of research, and consumer and staff submissions, the independent review of the Commonwealth’s aged care quality regulatory processes is completed. This review was proposed by the Aged Care Minister, Ken Wyatt, after failures of regulatory bodies to recognise issues that were occurring at South Australia’s Oakden facility, where there were reports of poor... Read More

Grandmother Who Only Eats McDonald’s Will Not Go Without During Lockdown

One of the most distressing aspects of caring for someone living with dementia can be when they become highly selective about what they will eat or refuse to eat anything at all. Recently, a family from the English city of Liverpool faced a worrying dilemma when McDonald’s restaurants in the UK announced that they would... Read More

Aged care minister issues high-temperature warning for elderly

The Minister for Aged Care, Richard Colbeck, is urging Australians to look out for the elderly and vulnerable as hot weather sweeps across the nation in the lead up to Christmas. The increase in temperatures, expected to be widely felt across most States and Territories from today, has earlier prompted a Department of Health notice... Read More
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