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 East Queensland’s aged care restrictions will lift at […]

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 provide the much needed relief to the health sector. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews […]

Aged care and healthcare organisations are easy targets and very attractive for cybercriminals, creating an urgent need for these organisations to protect themselves, their staff members, their residents and patients. Visibility and control of all devices connected to the network, updating systems, and segmentation of the network itself are three ways these industries can protect […]

Key points: Aged care facilities should be making the effort to make sure the transition into the Residential Aged Care facility is as stress-free and smooth as possible Creating strong relationships with care staff can make one feel more comfortable receiving aged care related services Should a resident or loved one have a complaint, the […]

Financial concerns are not the only fallout from the Corona Virus lock down period for aged care residents. We’re constantly told, that our best defense against the spread of the virus is “social distancing,” a term we were unfamiliar with just a few short weeks ago.  But this will naturally hit aged care residents the […]