Chuck Sedlacek, a patient at the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Washington, smiles through a window at his children. Chuck has tested positive for the coronavirus.
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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.
Within the next decade, millions of seniors will be shopping for new housing.
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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 aged care royal commission has recommended three key areas for action.
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The aged care royal commission’s interim report paints a picture of a system in deep crisis. Its recommendations for action have some merit, but won’t address what are underlying, systemic problems.
Vulnerable Australians are in the hands of workers who don’t have time to properly care for them.
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Bureaucratic ‘red tape’ has contributed to the current crisis in our aged care system. We need a system of accountability that focuses more on residents’ outcomes, and less on processes.
Nursing home staff report feeling demoralized by the use of web-endabled cameras to monitor the care of patients.
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Ever more Americans are using digital cameras to keep an eye on elderly relatives who live in nursing homes. This surveillance may violate patients’ privacy and demoralize their caretakers.
The system is a complex mix of daily and refundable fees, base payments and means tested contributions.
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While the majority of aged care funding comes from government, residents also have to contribute. Here’s how the payment system works.
Healthy people now in their 50s and 60s will be the first generations to benefit from reform. For people already in care, changes will come too late.
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By the time the aged care royal commission’s recommendations lead to improvements in our nursing homes, four cohorts of residents will have died. Here’s why.
Eliminating sexual abuse in nursing homes is a major challenge.
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Australia’s aged care sector is in trouble. Our experts have previously explored the complex aspects of the system, exposing where the problems are, and have been for some time.
Clothes are central to our personal identity and our dignity. Their condition reveals the care work that has gone into their selection and maintenance.
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As the Wettlaufer inquiry wraps up for the summer, an international research team offers suggestions on how to make nursing homes as good as they can possibly be.
Through the NDIS, Kirby Littlely has been able to leave the nursing home where she stayed after a series of strokes.
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The NDIS has started to reduce the admissions of young people with disabilities to aged care facilities, but more than 6,000 are still waiting for more suitable accommodation.
Personalised care that lets people feel as though they’re living independently is better.
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The Trump administration wants to privatize more of the federal bureaucracy. New research suggests this can lead to discrimination in essential government services.