RSL LifeCare has announced the second stage of its NSW, Myall Lodge aged care facility which will increase the number of beds to 40. The new stage will see 16 new beds provided and a third wing of the Lodge. The aged care facility provides all forms of care including nursing home, hostel and dementia. The development has been approved and work is scheduled to start next year, with plans to open the new beds before Christmas 2011.
Does this pass the pub test? Direct aged care workers awarded wages rises of up to 13.5% by Fair Work Commission – but indirect care workers only given up to 6.8%
Workers across residential aged care and home care will receive wages rises between 3.2% and 13.5% after the Fair Work Commission (FWC) determined on Friday that their work has historically been undervalued. The Stage 3 decision in the long-running...