The Ageing Nursing Workforce: A Global Challenge

The Governor-General was handed the report of the aged care royal commission on Friday. It will be made public in the coming week. Overlaying its considerations has been Australia’s 909 deaths from COVID-19, more than two-thirds of them (685) people in aged care facilities. It has to be recognised that COVID accounts for an extremely small share of deaths in Australia, and even deaths of senior citizens. 127,082 Australians aged 70 and over died in 2019. To date 851 in that age group have died of COVID. Some good might come from these sad deaths if they prompted us to think about where we are likely to die. Read More

During the COVID-19 pandemic, contact tracing has become an essential tool to prevent the spread of the virus, particularly in workplaces such as aged care where support staff can come into close contact with seniors who are vulnerable to infection. Read More

  As news of a second death at Anglicare’s Newmarch House aged care facility in NSW hit the airwaves late Sunday afternoon, feelings of sympathy – from those who have followed this story closely – were not solely reserved for the friends and families of the deceased. This high-care facility located in the suburb of... Read More