New research is adding some depth to the picture of elder abuse in Australia, with a royal commission paper estimating more than a third of Australians living in aged care facilities have faced neglect, emotional abuse or physical abuse. Around ...
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Course correcting vaccine misinformation
With Australia's timeline for COVID-19 vaccination shifting, talk has again turned to those opposed to jabs of any kind. And a Queensland academic is hoping to help boost vaccination rates across the country with the world’s first Massive Open Online ...
More »Aged care drawbacks: What must change to attract young Aussies to the sector?
What pushes a worker to enter, stay or leave aged care? That was the question a Flinders University study unpacked as the sector braces for future workforce shortages. It found work-related stress, lack of career progression and a dearth of ...
More »Former mental health nurse banned from working over attack on wife
A mental health nurse who stabbed his wife multiple times in a horror domestic violence attack will not be allowed to return to work for at least 15 years, a tribunal has ruled. George Alexander Freeman blocked the exit to his wife’s ...
More »Medication goes unchecked in aged care: research
New research shows that only one in five Australians receive a government-funded medication review after entering an aged care facility. Lead researcher Dr Janet Sluggett, from the University of South Australia, said the findings point to potential dangers for aged care ...
More »US nurse suspended for TikTok flouting COVID safety
A nurse in the US has been suspended after posting a video to social media where she appeared to admit flouting COVID-19 safety measures. A hospital in Salem, Oregon, announced it had placed the nurse on administrative leave after public ...
More »Self-harm study prompts calls for earlier intervention
Australian children are reporting self-harm as early as grade 6, a new study shows. Researchers assessed more than 1200 children living in Melbourne each year from age 8-9 years to 11-12 years. Twenty-eight of the 1059 students in the study ...
More »An extra $7b, dividing Australia into 30 aged care regions: Grattan blueprint
A national aged care system divided into 30 regions and an extra $7 billion a year. Those are key parts of the Grattan Institute's blueprint to reform Australia's aged care sector. The report, Reforming aged care: a practical plan for ...
More »Survey shows Aussies who will forgo a COVID-19 jab
Six per cent of Australians are certain they won’t get a COVID-19 jab once one is made available. An Australian National University survey of 3,000 Aussie adults also revealed another seven per cent feel they will probably not get the ...
More »Staff, families, blow the whistle on scabies outbreak at aged care home
Another aged care home has become the centre of national attention for alleged poor treatment of its vulnerable residents. Channel Nine's A Current Affair (ACA) program uncovered widespread scabies and poor conditions at the Kindred Living facility in Whyalla, a ...
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