Aged care homes need to have protocols in place to prevent COVID-19 infection in the first instance. But in the event an outbreak does occur, they need to be well prepared.
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Our new research shows Australians recognise the fundamental importance of additional investment in the aged care sector to boost the quality of care.
In a study of people receiving community care, home modifications liberated them to live at home safely and independently. Hours of care were cut by 42% and quality of life improved by 40%.
Rest homes have been hit hard by COVID-19 deaths and inquiries are looking at possible changes to care. The elephant in the room is that quality care depends on more staff.
The draft visitor access code for aged care balances residents’ rights to see their family with the need to keep coronavirus under control. But the changes will require more staff time to implement.
For many people living in residential aged care, their priority is quality of life, not length of life. So how do we reconcile this with the need to restrict visitors during the coronavirus pandemic?
Government policies and nursing home operators will need to navigate a delicate balance: how to protect older people from COVID-19 while maintaining their rights to social engagement.
We took a close look at breaches of aged care standards in 2019 to see what effect the new aged care standards are having, and where aged care providers are falling short.
We interviewed older gay men, lesbian women, and trans women about their perceptions of residential aged care. Our research shows we need to make aged care safer for LGBTI+ people.
The family home has largely been protected from mean tests to determine how much older people should pay for their aged care. It’s time this changed.
Expanding suicide prevention frameworks to include aged care residents, aligning nursing home life with community living, and improving residents’ access to mental heath services will be key.
The projected surplus has been revised down from A$7.1 billion at budget time to $5 billion for this financial year.
From mass climate change movements to cultural genocide of Uighurs in China, here are some of the headline human rights moments that captured Australia’s attention.
A new system of carers’ leave would allow middle-aged Australians to care for their ageing parents while staying in the workforce.
Most of the money will go to providing an extra 10,000 home care packages, after the commission said many people were dying while waiting for them.
Doctors will have to justify prescribing the antipsychotic drug risperidone for longer than 12 weeks. But that won’t fix the problem of using drugs to manage aged care residents’ behaviour.
After a damning interim report from the royal commission, the government will soon announce more money for aged care.
The aged care workforce is 90% women and 30% migrant. The royal commission might find that’s why it lacks clout.
Australia’s rich diversity is reflected in its older population. It’s time our nursing homes do the same.
If you’ve read the headlines about poor standards in Australia’s nursing homes, it’s only natural to be concerned about your own family or friends in residential aged care.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Health Law and Ageing Research Unit, Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University
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Emeritus Professor, La Trobe University
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Professor in Ageing and Health, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Dementia Care, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Nursing Aged Care (Dementia), University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR), UNSW Sydney
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Senior Principal Research Fellow, National Ageing Research Institute
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Director of IMPACCT, Professor of Palliative Nursing, University of Technology Sydney
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Research fellow, Monash University
