Personal care assistants from CALD backgrounds will soon have access to a new set of tools that support stronger relationships with older adults. The training kit, available from early June, aims to improve intercultural communication in everyday interactions in aged ...
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Sick residents should have gone to hospital: Newmarch
The operator of a coronavirus-hit Sydney nursing home where 16 residents have died admits it would have been easier if those infected at the facility had been transferred to hospital rather than treated on-site. But NSW Health is standing by ...
More »Aged care worker jailed over payroll scheme
A pregnant aged care worker involved in a “sophisticated and disguised” scheme with her cousin to steal more than $150,000 from her boss has been sentenced to 10 months in a West Australian prison. Sandra Mumba, 27, was a carer ...
More »Aged care residents to get extra social leave in pandemic
Aged care residents who have decided to leave their home due to the coronavirus pandemic will be covered by a new law that would allow them to take additional leave in extraordinary circumstances. It would allow permanent residential aged care ...
More »Visitor survey backs up sector’s COVID-19 strategy: peak
Aged care providers remain steadfast in their belief that visitor restrictions are supported by those in the sector and the wider community, and have released more research to back it up. Leading Age Services Australia (LASA) yesterday said its national ...
More »How Australia has set the global example for pandemic readiness and response
When just one patient passed away as a result of COVID-19 infection in a Sydney aged care home, it was considered “a system failure”. To date, our country has lost 27 of its aged care community residents to the virus. ...
More »Australians facing chronic pain ‘epidemic’
More Australians than ever are seeing their GP for chronic pain, new statistics reveal. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) report, which looked at data from 2015–16, revealed that one in five – or 1.6 million Australians – ...
More »Tasmania to lift tougher aged care restrictions
Tasmania will ease a blanket restriction on visits to aged care homes from Monday, bringing the state in line with the mainland. The state government banned all visits to aged care homes in early April, except for compassionate reasons or ...
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