Ada was sexually assaulted at 83 years old in a Perth aged care home. And no one believed her

Ada was sexually assaulted at 83 years old in a Perth aged care home. And no one believed her

Ada Brown’s family,who were powerless to prevent her ordeal,say we must no longer overlook the sexual abuse of vulnerable older Australians.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt

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Aged care reforms will require 25,000 new workers over two years:internal documents

Aged care reforms will require 25,000 new workers over two years:internal documents

The government identified initiatives that were likely to close that gap,such as migration and pay rises,but they amounted to only 6100 new workers.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
Wage decision creates $1.9b budget problem

Wage decision creates $1.9b budget problem

The government has lost its bid to phase in the aged care pay rise over 12 months from July,so the treasurer says he will have to find room in the budget to deliver it by June 30.

  • byAngus Thompson
Aged care providers want to band together for Pacific workforce

Aged care providers want to band together for Pacific workforce

Catholic Health Australia wants aged-care homes to be able to use industry-wide sponsorship to boost labour from Pacific countries to plug the nation’s workforce shortage.

  • byAngus Thompson
Aged care wage rise timing not up to Fair Work:government

Aged care wage rise timing not up to Fair Work:government

The federal government also says its own workplace reforms improving gender equality and job security should not dictate the urgency of the highly anticipated pay rise.

  • byAngus Thompson
Former health minister wants focus back on COVID as he embarks on new job

Former health minister wants focus back on COVID as he embarks on new job

Greg Hunt is on a mission to make Melbourne the new Boston or Cambridge,but in his first interview since leaving politics,he also draws attention to COVID deaths and calls for Liberal Party diversity.

  • byPaul Sakkal
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Old people’s home for ... dogs? The aged care centre where pets are a perfect fit

Old people’s home for ... dogs? The aged care centre where pets are a perfect fit

When Annie the cavoodle walks down the hall at Lifeview Willow Wood she gets a rock star welcome from all her neighbours,who stop their mobility walkers for a cuddle and a pat.

  • byMelissa Cunningham
Labor approaches ‘serious milestone’ of presiding over more COVID deaths in aged care
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Vaccination

Labor approaches ‘serious milestone’ of presiding over more COVID deaths in aged care

More than 3800 Australians died with COVID-19 in aged-care facilities over the past 12 months,quadrupling the number of deaths during the first two years of the pandemic.

  • byAnthony Galloway
Aged care worker charged with sexual assault of elderly residents
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Crime

Aged care worker charged with sexual assault of elderly residents

A Nollamara aged care worker was arrested by police on Tuesday and charged with indecent assault and sexual penetration without consent of three female residents aged 71,84 and 93.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt andZarisha Bradley
‘Under the carpet’:Council secretly votes to exit aged care

‘Under the carpet’:Council secretly votes to exit aged care

Whitehorse City Council voted to exit the services from July at an October meeting that was closed to the public.

  • byCara Waters
Dementia patient’s online PPE test shows COVID rules problem
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Opinion

Dementia patient’s online PPE test shows COVID rules problem

Online training for elderly visitors to a nursing home shows very little compassion as we enter the pandemic’s fourth year.

  • byMaree Badgery-Parker