Topic - aged care
People movers
Apr 23 2018
1 min read
The Weekly Source

CEO of WA-based Not For Profit Silver Chain Dr Chris McGowan has been tapped on the shoulder to head up SA Health from 7 May.

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What the aged care watchdog’s latest report quietly revealed

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Caroline Egan
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Aged Care

Inside the latest numbers on Australia’s residential aged care sector

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Caroline Egan
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Aged care reform hits home for BaptistCare’s Charles Moore

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Caroline Egan
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The human face of Australia’s aged care bed shortage

South Australian Severino Priori, a once-successful businessman, has died after 312 days in hospital waiting for a residential aged care placement.

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