Residential aged care workers are facing new requirements for a third booster shot to be considered as fully vaccinated against Covid-19. The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) now considers three doses of Covid-19 vaccine necessary in order to be “up-to-date”. Based ...
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‘Getting worse, not better’: Care worker speaks out
After 11 years of working in aged care, Donna Rowland has reached her limit. The Victorian personal care worker is one of the hundreds across Australia struggling to meet elderly residents' basic care needs due to critical staffing shortages. “I've ...
More »‘Crisis’: ScoMo sends in the troops
Prime Minister Scott Morrison will deploy members of the Australian Defence Force to help assist nursing homes with staff shortages caused by surging Omicron cases. Mr Morrison said up to 10 teams of ADF personnel would give “targeted support” in aged care, ...
More »Sydneysiders welcome first Nurse Next Door service
After migrating to Australia from Jordan at 18 years of age, Amal Eneziet felt it was her calling to assist others living in her community. “It was a challenge not having any family here,” the former disability support worker told ...
More »COVID-19 situation report shows unprecedented crisis
Almost a quarter of aged care shifts are being unfilled as the sector records a surge in COVID-19 related deaths among people living in residential care, a new report has shown. The Australian Aged Care Collaboration (AACC) published a situation ...
More »Home care plan released, experts warn system is ‘failing’
Correction: the first edition of this article claimed that the new home care system will "adopt a centrally regulated market model" which is inaccurate. An overview of the federal government’s reform plan for home care has been published, giving an ...
More »Zero neglect by 2030 in aged care: opinion
Could aged care strategists learn from the recent shift in climate change strategy once leadersaccepted that our lives depended on it and that we had no choice? We wondered what a strategy for changing aged care would look like if ...
More »Aged care minister blows off COVID-19 meeting to attend cricket
Aged Care Minister Richard Colbeck has come under fire for attending The Ashes test match on the same day he advised he was too busy to front a Senate inquiry into the government’s Covid response. Senator Colbeck has claimed he attended the ...
More »Mobile app eases mask stress for deaf residents
A new app has sought to break down communication barriers between elderly residents and staff brought on by face masks and social distancing. The Care Cards app, developed by NSW allied health provider Guide Healthcare, uses preset questions or probes ...
More »New $34 million dollar research hub for aged care
A new multi-million dollar research centre will use the voices of older people and aged care staff to influence the future of aged care delivery in Australia. The Aged Care Centre for Growth and Translational Research, set to open in February, ...
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