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Villa Maria aged care home in Melbourne goes into lockdown after resident’s COVID-19 proves inconclusive – two weeks after visits resume post image

Villa Maria aged care home in Melbourne goes into lockdown after resident’s COVID-19 proves inconclusive – two weeks after visits resume

Aged care workers union uses Rockhampton case to lobby Federal Government on paid COVID-19 leave post image

Aged care workers union uses Rockhampton case to lobby Federal Government on paid COVID-19 leave

Department of Health sets up COVID-19 specific aged care page – 10 weeks after pandemic declared – plus staff and residents to be tested if two or more have symptoms post image

Department of Health sets up COVID-19 specific aged care page – 10 weeks after pandemic declared – plus staff and residents to be tested if two or more have symptoms

US: nursing homes label Trump administration’s new staff testing targets “impossible” – $31,000 a week to meet testing requirements, hospitals are “big gorillas yelling” post image

US: nursing homes label Trump administration’s new staff testing targets “impossible” – $31,000 a week to meet testing requirements, hospitals are “big gorillas yelling”

COVID-19 linked to heart attacks, heart failure and stroke, new research claims – treatments interfering with medications post image

COVID-19 linked to heart attacks, heart failure and stroke, new research claims – treatments interfering with medications

Aged care nurse at QLD Government-run Rockhampton home tests positive for coronavirus – rapid response team deployed post image

Aged care nurse at QLD Government-run Rockhampton home tests positive for coronavirus – rapid response team deployed

NSW Health to examine deaths of Newmarch House residents who had recovered from COVID-19 post image

NSW Health to examine deaths of Newmarch House residents who had recovered from COVID-19

No new cases at Newmarch House for two consecutive days – NSW Health says home has “turned a corner” post image

No new cases at Newmarch House for two consecutive days – NSW Health says home has “turned a corner”

Aged Care Minister says Royal Commission needs to look at all aged care homes in their COVID-19 investigation – but says the sector has done well post image

Aged Care Minister says Royal Commission needs to look at all aged care homes in their COVID-19 investigation – but says the sector has done well

Property Council warns Government that housing instability caused by lack of migrants will impact RADs and village sales post image

Property Council warns Government that housing instability caused by lack of migrants will impact RADs and village sales

Lessons for operators on charging for extra services – Russell Kennedy hosting free aged care webinar on Bupa case post image

Lessons for operators on charging for extra services – Russell Kennedy hosting free aged care webinar on Bupa case

US: Pennsylvania opens criminal investigation into nursing homes over COVID-19 deaths – a potentially massive caseload post image

US: Pennsylvania opens criminal investigation into nursing homes over COVID-19 deaths – a potentially massive caseload