The coroner has criticised a retirement village operator after an 85-year-old resident lay dead in his unit for two weeks before being discovered. The coroner criticised the Ryman village given that the residents lights had been on 24/7 without being checked and that cleaners in the hallways hadnt picked up on the smell of the decomposition. Since the event in 2010, Ryman is experimenting with movement detectors. The resident was known to be fiercely independent including declining Rymans regular health checks. He died of a heart attack.
Government Policy
No excuse for providers to not be ready on 1 November: Aged Care Minister Sam Rae
Aged Care Minister Sam Rae has told ABC radio the Aged Care Rules have been in place for “a significant amount of time” and the Government has been listening to and supporting to the sector, “so, there really isn’t an excuse from any provider to not be prepared for 1 November”.
