Tag: nursing homes
Nursing home residents are paying $800 a week for services they are barely getting
Juniper Chrystal Halliday Residential Aged Care.
Nursing home residents confined to their rooms during COVID are like hypothetical tenants locked in their bedrooms by landlords...
Choosing the care you’ll receive at the end of your life doesn’t always go to plan. Here are some tips to make sure it...
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Advances in medical technology have dramatically altered the process of dying. It’s now possible to prolong life, with the frightening reality that...
4 key takeaways from the aged care royal commission’s final report
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The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety’s final report into aged care has laid out an extensive plan to overhaul Australia’s aged-care system.
Among...
How to check if your mum or dad’s nursing home is up to scratch
If family members are in a nursing home, it’s difficult to know
if they’re getting the care they need. Here are some ways...
There’s no need to lock older people into nursing homes ‘for their own safety’
Allowing nursing home residents to come and go as they wish may not be so dangerous after all
Older people in nursing homes or...