Australian academics, veterinarians, health and consumer representatives have joined forces to launch a new tool to assess whether individual pets can safely be accommodated in aged care homes.
To continue to protect senior Australians living in aged care facilities and the community, all aged care workers are being strongly encouraged by the Federal Deapartment of Health to get a booster dose as soon as they are eligible – three months after their second dose.
The CEO of major aged care provider Baptistcare has slammed Prime Minister Scott Morrison for suggesting Australians “push through” the Omicron crisis.
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation says it is extremely concerned that many nurses and carers are still being forced to pay for their own rapid antigen tests to go to work during the COVID-19 pandemic devastating Australia's nursing homes.
Aged care staff will be able to access two bonus payments of up to $400 each under a new $209 million package to be announced today, but unions and Federal Labor have slammed the payments as little more than a pre-election 'sugar hit' that falls well short of seriously dealing with a major wages crisis in the sector.
Heralded a success in aiding older Australians and their carers navigate the complex and often confusing systems of aged care, COTA Victoria is expanding its Aged Care Navigator service to the Eastern Metropolitan areas of Melbourne, with the trial ongoing until December 2022. BIANCA ROBERTS reports
Following last week's request by the NSW Government for JobSaver-style support from their Federal counterparts, the Australian College of Nursing wants some of this funding to go urgently to nurses in NSW.
Federal Labor leader Anthony Albanese said on ASaturday that he supports the Health Services Union (HSU) Fair Work Commission case for a 25 per cent wage increase for aged care, providing what HSU national president, Gerard Hayes said is 'a massive boost to the workforce, support attraction and retention of staff and improve quality of care'.
Expensive and competitive rental markets are affecting locals and newcomers in regional areas, as more people escape cities and work remotely during the pandemic. Experts say it's a crisis that will only worsen as demand for regional housing outstrips supply, pushing prices even higher and creating complex, far-reaching consequences for local economies and low-income workers.
With aged care homes facing "extreme pressure" from the Omicron wave, one has resorted to testing only some of its staff due to large shortfalls in government-supplied rapid antigen tests.
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