The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality & Safety outlined 148 recommendations for improvement. This leaves little doubt we will see great improvements in the quality of care for clients and residents. One of the biggest areas we need to ...
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Gov says 100 per cent of aged care facilities have now had first vaccine doses, 94 per cent have had second
More than five million Australians have received the Covid-19 vaccine as the federal government announced GPs will be able to administer doses for people with disabilities and the elderly at their homes. Health and Aged Care Minister Greg Hunt said 5.9 ...
More »New drug to halt dementia after multiple head injuries
Sportspeople who sustain repeated blows to the head throughout their career could be spared the onset of dementia as a consequence, after a world-first study identified a new drug that halts the post-concussion development of a protein that causes the ...
More »Alzheimer’s Drug approved in US ‘offers hope’ to millions
Regulators in the US have approved the first new medication for Alzheimer's in nearly two decades. Aducanumab is the first medication intended to slow cognitive decline in people in the early stages of Alzheimer's. It includes antibodies designed to attach ...
More »Man hits out at Coles over treatment of elderly father after he struggled with QR code
A Melbourne man has hit out at Coles over the way his father, who has Parkinson’s disease, was treated after struggling with using the QR code. Mark, a caller to 3AW radio, explained how his 70-year-old father attended the Coles ...
More »Let’s scratch the surface of the government response to the Royal Commission before celebrating
The federal government’s response to the outcomes of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety is a recognition that the system needs to change. Superficially, there are aspects of the response that are encouraging and others disappointing, but ...
More »Hopes historic WHO report on falls prevention has global impact
Experts hope that recommendations in a new technical report from the World Health Organization (WHO) will reduce global suffering and loss as a result of falls. The report, called “Step safely: Strategies for preventing and managing falls across the life-course”, ...
More »11 new COVID-19 cases in Victoria, 3 new cases at Arcare Maidstone
Victoria recorded 11 new positive local cases of Covid-19 on Monday, including three in aged care. Arcare chief executive Colin Singh confirmed two new cases at the company’s Maidstone facility in Melbourne’s inner west in a media statement on Sunday. ...
More »National cabinet agrees to mandatory vaccines for aged care workers
The Covid-19 jab could become mandatory for aged care workers after the federal and state governments agreed to the measure. Demands for mandatory vaccines have risen in recent days after Victoria’s Covid-19 outbreak passed between staff and residents at Melbourne’s Arcare facility. Speaking after ...
More »First SIRS insight report released, half of providers record serious incidents
The first set of data from the Serious Incident Response Scheme (SIRS) has been released, with just under half of all providers reporting serious incidents. Under the new scheme, which came into force in April, residential providers have been required ...
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