‘Our strength is our health system; our weakness is our aged care system’: ANMF gives evidence at Senate Inquiry into government’s response to COVID-19
Government breaks promise, imposing tax on aged care workers’ retention bonus
The impact of the current pandemic on our daily lives is undeniable. Social interventions used to contain the COVID-19 pandemic are significantly impacting the way [...]
End of Life Care (EOLC) brings many challenges which are unique and complex (PalliAged 2019), and they worsen if a terminally ill person acquires COVID-19. [...]
Protecting the health and wellbeing of vulnerable older Australians living in nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic requires the right numbers of staff with the [...]
Elderly couple forced apart due to COVID-19 reunite for birthday celebrations
Up to 80% of nursing staff working in aged care have reported no increases in care staff at their facility to prepare for a COVID-19 [...]
ANMF calls for funding boost be address chronic understaffing and the ongoing shortages of PPE in aged care
A webinar on safe aged care services at home during COVID-19 is live streaming today, Wednesday 8 April 2020, 4–5pm AEST. Health and industry experts [...]
