Twenty seniors, aged 70–98, have taken part in an inspiring slam poetry workshop, culminating in their work being showcased at the Byron Writers Festival. Gran Slam is a collaboration between performance producers Everybody NOW! and aged-care provider Feros Care, which ...
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A former Japara employee verbally and physically abused residents leaving them crying and “visibly upset” but was still allowed to keep their job for a number of years, the royal commission heard at its Melbourne hearing. The personal care worker ...
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Nurses working in aged care are paid so poorly that they are forced to stay on higher casual rates and work 52 weeks a year to attain a living wage, the royal commission has heard. Paul Gilbert from the ANMF’s ...
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The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has sat for 55 days so far, calling 296 witnesses. Of those, 85 per cent have given testimony on issues concerning the aged care workforce, with 113 witnesses providing their perspective ...
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The royal commission has heard from Heather Brown who described her fear of entering the “confinement” of aged care, which she and other forgotten Australians see as another institution. Brown, 79, was taken as a ward of the state at the ...
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Aged care royal commission chair Richard Tracey has died aged 71. In a statement, the commission said that Tracey died on Friday 11 October after a short illness. Tracey died in California where he was receiving treatment for cancer diagnosed seven ...
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A new report released by the aged care royal commission has found that, in comparison with the American system, 57.6 per cent of all Australian aged care residents live in homes that are understaffed. The research paper, written by the Australian Health Services ...
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A Sydney mother was not being provided with the “necessities of life” when she developed fatal pressure injuries while in her urine-soaked bed in her filthy house, her sons’ trial has been told. Australian Federal Police diplomatic protection officer Phillip ...
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