Coronavirus-linked complaints to the aged care regulator more than doubled within a month. Aged care quality and safety commissioner Janet Anderson revealed 371 COVID-19 linked complaints were received in March and 760 in April. The number of complaints eased in ...

A new report has called for a yearly additional investment of $365 million for palliative care to “bring the system up to speed” and address significant “service gaps, meet future significant demand and reduce avoidable costs”. The report, which was ...

New Australian research has found that the more social interactions aged care recipients have, the better their cognitive function. And researchers argue that the government should help keep aged care residents socially engaged using technology. Academics from Macquarie University, along ...

An aged care nurse under investigation for working while she had coronavirus symptoms and flouting lockdown restrictions is now being linked to the COVID-19 death of a 30-year-old man. The nurse’s COVID-19 diagnosis sparked a health scare at a Rockhampton ...

As the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety progresses towards its final report in November, we can expect many high priority areas to receive attention – funding and staffing levels and the use of chemical restraints being just ...

Dementia Australia has announced a set of free short online courses to support aged care staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. Changed routines can leave aged care recipients with dementia in a state of distress and confusion, and Dementia Australia CEO ...

There have been no residential aged care deaths due to COVID-19 in either South Korea or Hong Kong, despite both regions having thousands of positive cases. Experts told British MPs and members of the Commons Health and Social Care Committee ...

A nurse who continued to show up to work at an aged care home with symptoms of COVID-19 has been referred to Queensland’s anti-corruption body. The nurse continued working at the North Rockhampton Nursing Centre while she was sick, but ...