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Professor Joseph Ibrahim says aged care residents who test positive for COVID-19 should be sent to hospital – because it is too difficult to prevent PPE breaches post image

Professor Joseph Ibrahim says aged care residents who test positive for COVID-19 should be sent to hospital – because it is too difficult to prevent PPE breaches

Tasmania defies National Cabinet advice – aged care visits only allowed once a week post image

Tasmania defies National Cabinet advice – aged care visits only allowed once a week

SA Pathology establishes new ‘crack’ team to detect COVID-19 outbreaks in aged care homes post image

SA Pathology establishes new ‘crack’ team to detect COVID-19 outbreaks in aged care homes

LASA follows ACSA with its own poll showing 90% of families support restrictions on aged care visits post image

LASA follows ACSA with its own poll showing 90% of families support restrictions on aged care visits

US: At least 25,700 nursing home residents and staff dead from coronavirus – one-third of all COVID-19 deaths post image

US: At least 25,700 nursing home residents and staff dead from coronavirus – one-third of all COVID-19 deaths

UK: aged care homes rush to buy their own PPE as national delivery system fails – 6,000 deaths in three weeks post image

UK: aged care homes rush to buy their own PPE as national delivery system fails – 6,000 deaths in three weeks

BaptistCare’s Dorothy Henderson Lodge now free of COVID-19 – nine weeks after first case post image

BaptistCare’s Dorothy Henderson Lodge now free of COVID-19 – nine weeks after first case

Deputy Chief Medical Officer says he is “hopeful” no further coronavirus outbreaks in aged care post image

Deputy Chief Medical Officer says he is “hopeful” no further coronavirus outbreaks in aged care

Daughter of Newmarch House praises Anglicare and staff on 7.30 Report post image

Daughter of Newmarch House praises Anglicare and staff on 7.30 Report

Up to 80% of aged care staff report no increases in staffing at their home to prepare for a COVID-19 outbreak, AMNF says post image

Up to 80% of aged care staff report no increases in staffing at their home to prepare for a COVID-19 outbreak, AMNF says

No further COVID-19 cases confirmed at Melbourne and Bacchus Marsh aged care homes post image

No further COVID-19 cases confirmed at Melbourne and Bacchus Marsh aged care homes

Federal Government’s $50 million Business Improvement Fund extended for another 12 months post image

Federal Government’s $50 million Business Improvement Fund extended for another 12 months