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Transparency in aged care

Mission impossible?

An unfulfilled promise. The Rudd government has promised greater transparency in all spheres of government, but there is little evidence of this within the aged-care sector for consumers.

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A legal perspective

A legal perspective

"...It is still possible for a home to breach their responsibilities as an approved provider, as well as having serious complaints substantiated against the facility, and avoid any public scrutiny whatsoever..."

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Visiting is vital

I really should go visit but...     there are dozens of ways to finish this sentence - especially when talking about visiting someone in a nursing home. Check out our visiting tips.

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The Column
Consumer/carers must speak up
13 June 2010
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Aged care is one of the few areas where consumer action has been slow in coming. Research has shown us that hospitals are safer and better when the consumer voice is heard. That is why they employ patient advocates and support community advisory committees. Those who have actually experienced a particular health service often have a fresh perspective to offer. They see things through a different glass. Yet in aged care, the consumer/carer voice is rarely heard. I doubt it is heard at all...
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Aged care residents voiceless citizens: Tick the boxes and remove their human rights
Dr Stephen Judd - 16 Jun 2010
Dr Stephen Judd, chief executive officer of aged care provider HammondCare, was scathing of the aged care industry in his address to the Eighth Biennial International Conference on Dementia in Sydney on Wednesday.

Dr Judd said most aged care residents were living lives devoid of personal freedoms. "Does anyone seriously believe that an older citizen in residential aged care has not had their rights eroded, however subtly, by being obliged to conform to a regimented schedule?" he said.

Legal Issues Column
Why don't we just live in your house, son?
21 April 2010
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A short review of some 'granny flat' cases. In each of the real examples that follow it is interesting to consider whether any or all of them or any part of the conflict which they illustrate, might have been avoided had the parties considered entering into a clear agreement which attempted to contemplate some of the risks and the vagaries of life which eventually brought them into litigation. These cases emphasise the recurring theme underlying arrangements which, for the most part, fail to take account of the risks, hazards and unforeseen...