by Amanda Cassar | Sep 22, 2020 | Aged Care, News
Retaining a youthful way of life physically and mentally can be quite a challenging task for many aging adults. Physical and mental exhaustion both contribute to seniors losing their vivacity and enthusiasm that they used to have in their younger years. Just because...
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 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 13, 2018 | Aged Care
As at 31 December 2017, there were 104,602 people waiting for a home care support package. A staggering 26.70% had been waiting for more than 12 months, although many had a lower care package in the interim. [1] How do you increase your chances of receiving the...
