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Mice rampant in aged home for years

Read this article in the knowledge that an Accreditation site audit in September 2008 awarding the home full accreditation.  The latest audit in April 2009 revealed mice plague conditions existed for months prior to the site audit.

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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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Aged care system at the end of the line

ABC’s exposes an impotent (third reincarnation) of the Aged Care Complaints Scheme. Underpinning the sad stories of residents and their families was the severity of the failures.

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Staffing Issues

A comparison of nurse staffing at two different nursing homes: Who are the nurses that will be responsible for my father's care?

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Transparency, Accountability and Disclosure

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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19 June 2009: The lessons of selling off the caring role to the private sector have not been learnt. The failed ABC Learning Centres left families in the lurch with child care. Now 300 Victorian residents, who are either frail or experiencing disability, have lost, or are under threat of losing, their residential care homes. Three nursing homes and seven supported residential servi...   Readmore

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No use complaining
14 June 2009
The most disturbing aspect of the recent Four Corners Program featuring four families dissatisfied with aged care was that the complainants’ voices were not heard – by anyone! They were not...
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