NSW Premier Chris Minns has backed the state police following the release of crucial details about the fatal tasering incident that occurred in an aged care home in May. New documents released this week reveal that the first press release ...
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New care tool for rural older Australians receives federal support
A rural health service has received considerable funding from the federal government to launch a care planning tool for older Australians in rural communities. Yesterday, the Australian government granted $1.3m to fund the rollout of the Indigo 4Ms tool designed ...
More »First workers arrive from Papua New Guinea under revised government scheme
A regional Queensland aged care provider has welcomed the first group of personal care workers from overseas under a renewed government scheme. Yesterday, the eight workers from Papua New Guinea (PNG) arrived under the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme to take ...
More »New task force weighs up consumer contributions
An expert group has been assembled to rethink the aged care funding model and put 'people's rights at the centre of the system.' Yesterday, Aged Care Minister Anika Wells revealed the new task force would consider taxpayer levies and consumer ...
More »Home care faces financial setback: Quarterly Snapshot
A new report into the aged care industry has highlighted the contrasting financial performance of Australia's residential and home care services. Yesterday, the Health Department published its second Quarterly Financial Snapshot (QFS) of the Australian aged care sector from October ...
More »March against police after Ms Nowland’s death
A group of protesters have called for NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb to stand down over the death of Clare Nowland last week. The great-grandmother died in Cooma Hospital last Wednesday, a week after police tasered her during an incident at ...
More »Officer charged after 95-year-old Clare Nowland dies in hospital
The NSW police officer who allegedly tasered 95-year-old Clare Nowland has been charged after the beloved great-grandmother died in Cooma Base Hospital last night. Last Wednesday, two Monaro Police District officers were called to Yallambee Lodge in the Snowy Mountains ...
More »Penelope Marshall: Trailblazing aged care voice on Nursing and Midwifery Board
Penelope Marshall has become the first-ever aged care representative of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA). With over 25 years in healthcare, Ms Marshall worked the majority as the national manager of patient safety and clinical risk for ...
More »Police taser 95-year-old woman at Cooma aged care facility
A 95-year-old woman has been hospitalised after being tasered by police inside a NSW aged care home. Police officers were called to Yallambee Lodge in Cooma at around 4:15 am on Wednesday after staff reportedly found resident Clare Nowland with ...
More »WA aged care worker pleads guilty to murder of resident
A former aged care worker is facing a lifetime in jail after pleading guilty yesterday to the murder of a resident under his care. Jacob Anthony Hoysted appeared via video link from Casuarina Prison at Western Australia's Stirling Gardens Magistrates ...
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