The aged care royal commission has heard evidence that the government had no COVID-19 plan for the aged care sector, leading to one of the highest aged care death rates in the world. In his opening remarks on Monday, counsel ...

Aged care providers are equipped to deal with the flu and gastro, not unprecedented worldwide pandemics. That’s why Aged and Community Services Australia (ACSA) chief executive Patricia Sparrow believes all residents who test positive for COVID-19 should be transferred to ...

Victoria has announced 19 deaths due to COVID-19 today, and 322 new cases of the virus on the state’s deadliest day of the pandemic. The new figures, officially released ahead of the Premier’s press conference for the first time, eclipses ...

COVID-19 has created both challenges and opportunities for aged care providers, staff and clients. This article examines how the Brotherhood of St Laurence (BSL) Aged Care division changed its approach to home- and centre-based service delivery during the first national ...

‘Don’t tell us what to do’ was the message Victorian GP Sachin Patel received from aged care facilities. Patel says his practice, Aged Care GP – which services 70 aged care homes in Victoria – has been writing letters to ...

Victoria has recorded its largest daily COVID-19 figures and the nation’s deadliest day of the pandemic within the space of 24 hours. Ten new deaths were announced on Sunday, seven of which were linked to outbreaks in aged care facilities, ...

The COVID-19 crisis in Victorian aged care homes is worsening as the St Basil’s aged care home has been evacuated and residents taken to private hospitals, according to the Nine papers. St Basil’s had been taken over by the federal ...

The CEO of an independent aged care home in NSW is calling for help from the government as she is forced to reinstate some lockdown visitation measures and her home is on the brink of running out of PPE. Viv ...