Eight nurses hired to help at the COVID-stricken aged care home partied at a Mantra hotel while off-duty,a carer has told state coroner John Cain.
Workplace safety watchdog investigates at least 50 aged care homes over suspected health and safety breaches during last year’s deadly COVID-19 outbreak.
Residents at St Basil’s Homes for the Aged were failed by almost every organisation,but some carers sacrificed their safety in an attempt to save lives.
The carer who brought COVID-19 into St Basil’s aged care home in Fawkner said she was allowed to continue working at the facility despite reporting to management that her family was unwell.
Australia’s Chief Nursing Officer Alison McMillan declared St Basil’s in Fawkner “fit for purpose” last July. Within a month,45 residents had died.
It is important to realise that while exit fees make the amount you pay upfront for a retirement village cheaper,that does not necessarily mean it is more affordable.
Aged care providers are calling for a special visa to bring workers from overseas,but unions say wages need to improve.
Distressed aged care residents were left to fend for themselves in deadly coronavirus outbreaks last year,with a new report re-igniting calls for a national inquiry.
ATAGI has approved Pfizer for Australia’s COVID-19 booster program,initially targeting high-risk groups,but GPsand others want to see a plan and adequate payment for providers.
A proposed $340 million redevelopment of the War Memorial Hospital in Sydney’s eastern suburbs by aged care provider Uniting is attracting mounting criticism.
Australia’s booster program is expected to start in November with aged care residents and frontline health workers who were first in line earlier this year.