Albanese promises to increase aged care funding,lift sector wages
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Albanese promises to increase aged care funding,lift sector wages

The Opposition Leader said he planned to tie extra cash to the delivery of better health care for older Australians and hit out at the Morrison government for its lack of action as some aged care residents are forced to go without showers and meals.

  • byRob Harris

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Omicron rips through aged care as Canberra’s booster program delayed
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Omicron rips through aged care as Canberra’s booster program delayed

Some aged care residents have been forced to go without showers and meals and their wounds undressed as Victoria’s nursing homes face unprecedented staff absenteeism due to the Omicron outbreak.

  • byTimna Jacks andMelissa Cunningham
NSW records 17,316 COVID cases and 29 deaths
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NSW records 17,316 COVID cases and 29 deaths

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet said on Thursday that 80 per cent of schools in the state had now received rapid antigen tests ahead of the start of term next week.

  • byDaniella White andMary Ward
Outbreaks exceed 170 cases in four Sydney aged care homes
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Outbreaks exceed 170 cases in four Sydney aged care homes

Operators say a lack of access to timely testing for staff and delayed booster clinics sparked some of the biggest outbreaks.

  • byMary Ward andLucy Carroll
Richard Colbeck declined to front Senate hearing,went to the cricket
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Richard Colbeck declined to front Senate hearing,went to the cricket

The Aged Care Services Minister defended his decision to go to the cricket the same day he refused to front a hearing on the government’s handling of the Omicron wave.

  • byDana Daniel
Elderly Australians ditch residential aged care for home care during pandemic
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Elderly Australians ditch residential aged care for home care during pandemic

The number of elderly Australians receiving home care has almost overtaken the number of people living in residential aged care after a boost to packages during the pandemic,but tens of thousands are still waiting.

  • byDana Daniel andJennifer Duke
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One-in-20 Queensland Health staff off work as Omicron wave bites
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One-in-20 Queensland Health staff off work as Omicron wave bites

The data comes as Health Minister Yvette D’Ath flagged the possibility of new hospital visitor limits and staffing concerns at an aged-care facility amid 19,709 new infections reported on Saturday.

  • byMatt Dennien
More than 7000 COVID-19 cases in aged care as hundreds of homes locked down
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More than 7000 COVID-19 cases in aged care as hundreds of homes locked down

About 1100 aged care homes across Australia are battling COVID-19 outbreaks,with 7014 active cases in residents and aged care workers.

  • byLucy Carroll
‘I’ve never felt so desperate’:Aged care nurse leads wave of COVID lawsuits
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‘I’ve never felt so desperate’:Aged care nurse leads wave of COVID lawsuits

Yvette Callaghan was among hundreds of health workers to contract coronavirus in the pandemic’s first wave in 2020. She is now taking legal action against her former employer for alleged negligence.

  • byClay Lucas
Thousands of residents infected as aged care sector hits ‘crisis’
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Thousands of residents infected as aged care sector hits ‘crisis’

The vast majority of the 500 aged care homes hit by active COVID-19 outbreaks have not received an infection control spot check from the regulator in the past six months.

  • byLucy Carroll andMary Ward
Aged care booster shots slowed as Omicron took off over Christmas
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Aged care booster shots slowed as Omicron took off over Christmas

The surge workforce employed by the Morrison government to deliver COVID-19 booster vaccines in aged care across Australia slowed its work dramatically just as Omicron gathered speed.

  • byClay Lucas