In the counsel assisting’s final submissions to the aged care royal commission, between detailed accounts of workforce and governance issues, is the uplifting story of a community care worker who walked 6km to visit a dying client. In March this ...

Despite Victoria’s tenth straight day with no new COVID-19 infections health authorities are remaining cautious, warning traces of the virus are likely “still out there” in the community. There remains two mystery cases – previously identified over the past 14 days – ...

As the UK heads back into a month-long lockdown, and cases of COVID-19 soar across the nation, the government has advised that aged care homes can now accept visitors. Daily cases of the virus have soared to 20,000-plus, with deaths ...

The work of five aged care professionals is in the national spotlight after they were named in a new category in the 2020 innovAGEING National Awards. Head of innovAGEING Merlin Kong said the overall finalist field was filled with innovations ...

Epping Gardens Aged Care Facility, where 38 people died from COVID-19, sent out scented candles to those mourning the death of loved ones. And the gesture has been met with fury by some, with families calling it “a slap in the face” and ...

A Queensland aged care nurse who worked at an aged care facility while infected with COVID-19 has lodged a complaint against the state’s government officials. Back in May, the nurse was called out by the Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk for ...

A new bill put to the federal parliament would drastically change the way aged care providers have to disclose information about how they run their businesses. Federal Member for Mayo Rebekha Sharkie has introduced a private members bill that, if ...

More than half of requests for masks, gloves and gowns from aged care providers were rejected as coronavirus swept the country and killed hundreds of nursing home residents. The Department of Health received 2865 requests for personal protective equipment from ...