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'Workforce in crisis': Anglican Care site audit reveals ongoing issues

Anglican Care says it is 'operating closely' with the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission to improve service at its residential aged care facilities.

Newcastle Herald

Anglican Bishop 'appalled' by Storm Village aged care facility's non-compliance with safety standards

The Anglican Bishop of Newcastle admits Anglican Care "failed" the residents of its Storm Village aged care facility in Taree, following sanctions for serious compliance issues.

ABC News

Tens of thousands of serious incidents reported to aged care watchdog under new scheme

More than 37,800 "serious incident notifications" are received by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission in the last financial year, according to data in a report assessing the efficiency and effectiveness of key government services.

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Victorian aged care home faces multiple investigations over death of resident on footpath outside facility

Questions over the death of a man on the pavement outside his aged care home may soon be answered with a series of investigations underway.

ABC News

Gippsland aged care home resident's death on footpath sparks calls for national register

The daughter of an Indigenous man who died with "significant" injuries outside his Victorian nursing home pleads for answers about the lead-up to his final moments.

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Aged care staff, residents 'regularly assaulted', left waiting for meds and meals

From potential overuse of chemical restraints to poor wound management, diabetes control, and basic hygiene, six Hunter aged care services are failing.

Newcastle Herald

Bupa's Waratah facility has funding frozen after Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission report

The aged care giant says it is working to address the issues at a Newcastle nursing home after it was found to have failed to meet all eight of the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission's standards.

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CEO of Warrnambool aged care home takes leave following bullying, intimidation claims

Doreen Power has taken voluntary leave from Warrnambool’s Lyndoch Living after staff and residents levelled the claims against her. The organisation has confirmed it is actively recruiting for an interim CEO.

ABC News

How to complain about aged care and get the result you want

It can be hard to know what to say, or who to talk to, if you notice something isn’t right for you or a loved one in residential aged care.

The Conversation

Aged care homes don't need 'evidence' on food spending to receive government funding, with a third still spending less than $10 a day

Despite additional government funding, almost 900 aged care homes are still spending less than $10 a day per resident on food — and operators have been told they don't need to provide "evidence" of how much they're spending to receive the extra cash.

ABC News

Aged care complaint upheld, no further action taken as Southern Cross Care, Young already 'non-compliant'

Elaine Mewburn says that, if her husband was a child in a childcare facility, it would have been closed down, but nothing was done when she complained to the aged care watchdog

ABC News

Great-grandmother died in pain after 'chemical restraint' at Ascott Gardens in Orange, regulator finds

The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission finds Hazel Neal was given anti-psychotic medication amounting to chemical restraint in her final days, but no painkillers were administered until 20 minutes before she died.

ABC News

Thousands of shocking reports reveal extent of Australian aged care residents’ suffering due to understaffing

More than 6,500 reports of distressed and neglected residents and unsafe conditions the ‘tip of the iceberg’, union says

The Guardian - AU

Staff shortages blamed for spine-deep bedsore that 'almost killed' Eric at Edenfield Family Care aged care home in Port Augusta

Port Augusta's only aged care provider failed on every safety standard. Families say the system is exploiting vulnerable staff and residents.

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NSW aged care staffing crisis prompts warning to government

NSW nursing home managers discuss a way forward for their embattled industry, amid fears of a mass exodus of demoralised and exhausted staff.

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Data reveals antipsychotic drugs linked to chemical restraint in aged care still widespread

New data shows one in five aged care residents are being given antipsychotic medication, and elderly residents are more likely to be given the drugs if they live in rural areas.

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Jeta Gardens resident Lottie Meek died with COVID-19. Her family is angry the facility wasn't better prepared for an outbreak

Sixteen residents at Jeta Gardens have died with COVID-19 since late December, and it's emerged the Aged Care Safety and Quality Commission raised concerns last year about the facility's lack of preparedness for an outbreak.

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