Director of aged care and disability charity banned from sector for life
A director of the aged and disability carer charity Integrity Care SA has been banned for life from working in…
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Australia’s oldest man Dexter Kruger dies in his aged care home in Roma, Queensland
Australia’s oldest man Dexter Kruger has died “peacefully” at the age of 111 and 188 days old in Pinaroo Roma…
Elderly couple save neighbour in fire at Anglicare’s Hopetoun Village in Castle Hill, Sydney
An elderly couple at Anglicare’s Hopetoun Retirement Village (pictured) at Castle Hill, 31km north-west of Sydney CBD, have been hailed…
Let’s end this nonsense: the mandatory vaccination in aged care is long overdue – as explained here
More than 75% of all 910 deaths from COVID-19 in Australia have been at aged care facilities. The abject horror…
New survey: one in four people aged over 50 believe they will never retire
In bad news for the retirement sector and to validate Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s determination for most people to stay…
Almost one-in-three WA aged care workers threaten to quit over mandatory jab
A survey of 4,000 Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation members working in aged care in WA has shown 31 per…
UK Health Minister tells aged care workers take COVID-19 vaccine or be sacked, redeployed
The UK Government Health Secretary Matt Hancock said COVID-19 vaccinations are to be compulsory for staff in England’s aged care…
14 of 16 QLD Government aged care facilities fail to provide 3.65 hours of care a day
Damning figures show just two of 16 Queensland Government’s taxpayer-funded aged care facilities reported that they are at least 90%…
UnitingCare Queensland update on ransomware infection
UnitingCare Queensland said it had made “good progress” in restoring its computer systems and applications online after a ransomware infection…
Hayylo partner with Kingston City Council-run provider AccessCare in Australian-first
Aged care software start-up Hayylo will provide a city council-managed provider in South Melbourne with what it says will be…