The alleged misuse of a bed hoist at an aged care home in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs left an 84-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s disease with severe bruising under her arms.
Knowing whether or not you are a home owner is the first step in calculating your pension – but working that out is not as simple as it seems.
Only 30 per cent of people working in NSW’s public health system disagreed they were experiencing burnout.
Watching her grandmother battle dementia helped the musician write a song that has made fans emotional for more than 10 years. Now she’s encouraging others to “share a song”.
Christmas can be a challenging time of year,emotionally and financially,so booking in a respite stay could save you money and stress.
A 15 per cent pay rise for aged care workers would cost about $1.8 billion,while it could also lead to the loss of workers in other sectors as people seek a pay rise.
A landmark pay rise for aged care workers arrived on Friday,just days before the federal government attempts to rush laws designed to deliver pay rises across the economy.
Aged care workers will receive the pay boost after the Fair Work Commission handed down its decision in a high-profile wage case backed by the government.
The government is being urged to immediately boost childcare wages as a stopgap to prevent staff from abandoning the haemorrhaging sector.
The industrial umpire would be able to force the federal government to take part in multi-employer wage deal negotiations for sectors it heavily funds under Labor’s proposed laws.
When it comes to the budget and what it means for aged care,the toughest bit is working out exactly how much of the $3.9 billion of spending is ‘new’.