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Judge reviews final payout approvals in Newmarch House aged care class action

Last Friday, the NSW Supreme Court’s Justice Peter Garling hears from parties in Shine Lawyers’ class action against Anglicare Sydney over the deaths of residents at Sydney’s Newmarch House in the early days of the pandemic.

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Caroline Egan
07 May 2025
Legal Issues

Jury considers fate of police officer accused of manslaughter of aged care resident Clare Nowland

Senior Constable Kristian White, 34, has pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of Clare Nowland, who he tasered at the 40-bed Yallambee Lodge aged care facility, in Cooma, 114km south of Canberra, on May 17, 2023.

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Ian Horswill
21 Nov 2024
Technology

Mirus Australia: 57% not confident about their aged care home’s data handling

Just over half of respondents who attended a webinar hosted by the aged care advisory group disagreed with the statement they have proper applications in place managing their data safety and have no manual processes. The same survey by Mirus...

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Caroline Egan
06 Sep 2024
Living with Dementia

AI-enhanced robots may be the key to calming anxious or agitated people living with dementia

A polit of social robots in Singapore has found they can help to engage or calm people living with dementia who are restless, anxious or agitated, and could offer an effective alternative to medication. Prudence Chan, Clinical Director of the...

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Caroline Egan
25 Jul 2024
Aged Care

Aged care home operators chalk up fifth year of losses: StewartBrown

Residential aged care’s profitability improved in the March 2024 quarter, according to the latest Aged Care Financial Performance Survey Sector Report from StewartBrown. However, the improved results are due to increased Government funding for care...

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Caroline Egan
08 Jul 2024
Mergers & Acquisitions

Wollongong-based training organisations IRT Academy and Illawarra ITeC merge

IRT’s registered training organisation (RTO) IRT Academy and RTO Illawarra ITeC, both based on the NSW south coast, are set to merge, forming ITeC Academy. The integration was completed on 1 July 2024. Not For Profit Illawarra ITeC was founded in...

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Caroline Egan
04 Jul 2024
Sector Moves & People

Southern Cross Care (NSW & ACT) appoints Mike Christensen as Chair

Southern Cross Care (NSW & ACT) has appointed a new Chair, Mike Christensen who has been on the Not For Profit’s board since 2021 and has chaired the Finance, Audit, and Risk Committee and Property Committee. With extensive experience in...

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Caroline Egan
04 Jul 2024
Aged Care

Infinite Care the latest operator to join SA Health’s program for hospital patients waiting for aged care beds

Infinite Care Klemzig, 6km north east of the Adelaide CBD, has admitted the first residents under its Care Awaiting Placement (CAPS) program, which provides short-term placements for SA Health patients awaiting a permanent bed in residential aged...

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Caroline Egan
27 Jun 2024
Aged Care

Sector 4,000 RNs short ahead of 44 direct RN aged care minutes in October

The aged care sector is estimated to be short 4,043 RNs for the 2024-25 financial year, recent Senate Estimates heard, as increased care minute targets loom only three months away, including increased targets for the degree-qualified nurses. “In...

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Caroline Egan
20 Jun 2024
Sector Moves & People

MiCare appoint Penni Michael as CEO to succeed long-standing boss Petra Neeleman

Melbourne-based Not For Profit provider of residential aged care, home care and retirement living services, which specialises in care for migrant communities, has appointed Penni Michael CEO. In August 2023, MiCare announced Jos van de Ven had been...

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Caroline Egan
20 Jun 2024
Archive

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: HAVE YOUR SAY

The Retirement Living Council, in partnership with the Property Council Academy, have formed an education committee responsible for developing a professional development program for people in the retirement living sector. To ensure the program meets...

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The Weekly Source
18 Dec 2013
Archive

ACSA supports the Federal government axing the Workforce Supplement for Aged Care Workers

ACSA national CEO, John Kelly AM, has come out in praise of the new Minister for Social Services Kevin Andrews and Assistant Minister Mitch Fifield for the scrapping Labor’s Workforce Supplement which would have delivered significant pay increases...

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The Weekly Source
18 Dec 2013
Archive

Coroner has found staff covered up a resident’s death by suspected drowning

The Victorian coroner, Heather Spooner, has stated that the death of 76-year-old Catarina Montalto at the Arcare Hamstead facility “was not initially reported to the coroner as it should have been”. 50 minutes of CCTV showed the resident stumbled...

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The Weekly Source
18 Dec 2013
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