Third of aged care residents admitted to an emergency department
Third of aged care residents admitted to an emergency department
Managing resident to resident assault in residential aged care homes
Managing resident to resident assault in residential aged care homes
Victorian government backs staff-to-resident ratios in private aged care
Victorian government backs staff-to-resident ratios in private aged care
Nurses in government-run aged care homes provide the most amount of care, study finds
Nurses in government-run aged care homes provide three times the amount of care to each resident per day than not-for-profit and for-profit facilities, a new study from the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has revealed. The study, described as the most detailed profile on the quality of residential aged care facilities ever […]
Counsel Assisting team call for mandated staffing ratios at Aged Care Royal Commission
Counsel Assisting team call for mandated staffing ratios at Aged Care Royal Commission
Understaffing tops concerns held by aged care residents
Only a quarter of aged care residents feel that their care needs are always met, while nearly half are most concerned about understaffing, a new report for the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has found. The National Ageing Research Institute study, Inside The System: Aged Care Residents’ Perspectives, was published today ahead […]
Aged care ‘failing’ older Australians and in need of major overhaul, report finds
Aged care ‘failing’ older Australians and in need of major overhaul, report finds
Aged Care Royal Commission staffing recommendations don’t go far enough, says ANMF
The ANMF has welcomed six recommendations outlined in a special report released by the Royal Commission yesterday calling on the federal government to urgently support the aged care sector to manage COVID-19 but says the measures fail to address chronic understaffing and skills mix and do not go far enough to protect vulnerable older Australians […]
The ANMF and AMA call on the Prime Minister to take urgent action to prevent further COVID-19 outbreaks in aged care
The ANMF and AMA call on the Prime Minister to take urgent action to prevent further COVID-19 outbreaks in aged care
‘We’re short-staffed all the time’: Unions and aged care workers unite to demand action to fix broken system
‘We’re short-staffed all the time’: Unions and aged care workers unite to demand action to fix broken system