by Amanda Cassar | Sep 7, 2020 | Aged Care, Case Studies, News
Aged care facilities will now have to employ on-site infection control officers to receive COVID-19 prevention funding as new data has revealed the federal regulator did not enforce national infection prevention standards in some homes until tragically late. A...
by Amanda Cassar | Aug 25, 2020 | Aged Care, News
Richard Colbeck was not prepared for questioning when being asked to provide latest stats with regards to deaths that have occurred in Aged Care. It is most unfortunate for the Minister to look uncaring with regards to the deaths of 258 people in aged care...
by Amanda Cassar | Aug 19, 2020 | Aged Care, News
Coronavirus has severely exposed flaws within Australia’s aged care systems, such as inadequate staff training and a lack of pandemic planning. Counsel assisting the commission, Peter Rozen QC, made a statement on Monday which has described the global pandemic as the...
by Amanda Cassar | Aug 10, 2020 | Aged Care, Case Studies, News
Queensland has recorded one new case of COVID overnight. This is said to be a person who travelled from overseas and is in currently in hotel quarantine. In the last 24 hours there were 8,549 COVID-19 tests in Qld The overseas traveller is in hotel quarantine South...
by Amanda Cassar | Aug 3, 2020 | Aged Care, News
Medical teams from the national trauma centre have been deployed to Victoria to deal with the Melbourne’s worsening aged care crisis. The medical teams which are usually reserved for the worst humanitarian disasters will be joined by nurses from across Australia to...
by Amanda Cassar | Jul 27, 2020 | Aged Care, Technology
Cybersecurity in Aged Care & Healthcare: Why It Matters Now More Than Ever Aged care and healthcare organisations are prime targets for cybercriminals, making cybersecurity an urgent priority. These sectors store vast amounts of sensitive patient data, rely on...
