ANMF call to action: aged care can no longer wait
The ANMF has issued a call to action to nurses and midwives following the Aged Care Royal Commission’s scathing interim report released late last week. The explosive report which described Australia’s aged care system as “shameful” and “woefully inadequate” came as no surprise to the union which is ramping up its campaign for safer staffing […]
Albanese fails to guarantee mandated aged care ratios
Opposition leader Anthony Albanese has committed to implementing all recommendations set to be handed down at the conclusion of the Aged Care Royal Commission in November next year but stopped short of guaranteeing mandated ratios across the embattled sector. Speaking at the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation’s (ANMF) 14th Biennial National Conference in Melbourne last […]
Registration of aged care workforce protects public
The ANMF has reiterated its call for registration of the personal care workforce at the Aged Care Royal Commission this week. The week-long Melbourne hearings focus on the aged care workforce, including capacity and training. Director Operations & Strategy of the ANMF (SA Branch) who is also Deputy Chair of the Aged Care Industry Reference […]
Q&A with Victorian Treaty Advancement Commissioner Jill Gallagher
Victoria is the first state to enter formal treaty negotiations with Aboriginal Victorians with legislation passed in the Victorian Parliament in July 2018. An election to establish the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria, which will establish the ‘ground rules’ for treaty Victoria, is set for this month. Victorian Treaty Advancement Commissioner Jill Gallagher talks to […]
Seizing opportunities of Nursing Now
Australia’s nursing organisations must work together if they are to capitalise on the opportunities afforded by the unfolding global Nursing Now campaign and fast-approaching 2020 Year of the Nurse and Midwife to raise the profile of the profession and improve healthcare, according to campaign board member Professor Jill White. Addressing delegates at the Australian College […]
‘Beaten, broken and exhausted’: former aged care manager speaks out
Beaten, broken and exhausted are the words Gay Taylor used to describe how she felt after 12 months working as an aged care facility manager. The pressure to provide quality care to aged care residents without adequate staffing was relentless, Ms Taylor revealed to about 600 delegates in a passionate and emotive presentation at the […]
Earle Haven raised “serious red flags”, Commission told
A distraught 92-year old woman and a disoriented elderly man were among residents caught up in the middle of chaotic scenes during a recent emergency evacuation of a Gold Coast nursing home, the Brisbane Hearing of the Aged Care Royal Commission heard this week. The sudden closure of the Earle Haven Retirement Village in Nerang […]
DonateLife Week: register for organ donation
Victorian tissue and organ donation nurse Samantha Harriman is urging Australians to take one minute this week to register to become an organ donor. DonateLife Week 2019 – a national awareness week dedicated to promoting organ and tissue donation – runs until this Sunday. “For the time it takes your barista to make your coffee […]
Reducing low value and unnecessary care
A national scale-up of an initiative to reduce low value care and reduce unnecessary treatment was the focus of a nationwide meeting recently. The Choosing Wisely Australia national meeting was held in Melbourne in late May and showcased innovative projects both national and international. A nurse discontinuation protocol of telemetry implemented at Johns Hopkins Hospital, […]
Reducing low value and unnecessary care
A national scale-up of an initiative to reduce low value care and reduce unnecessary treatment was the focus of a nationwide meeting recently. The Choosing Wisely Australia national meeting was held in Melbourne in late May and showcased innovative projects both national and international. A nurse discontinuation protocol of telemetry implemented at Johns Hopkins Hospital, […]