In Case You Missed It – Below are links to recent articles on Aged Care and Healthcare that may be of interest:

ROYAL COMMISSION: Pressure wounds, contractures and dietary inconsistencies

Daughter says prevention practices need to be improved in aged care

Graphic evidence of wounds as royal commission hears of dementia patient left to deteriorate

Aged care staff ‘missed serious ulcers’

Fake aged care nursing director fined $60,000

When half the nation’s aged care homes are losing money, more collapses will come

Residents removed after aged care facility’s shock closure

Aged care centre operator accused of charging residents the same day they were forced to leave

Gold Coast nursing home staff need financial help

ROYAL COMMISSION: Facilities struggle to meet basic care needs

Nursing home had ‘no record’ of severe wound that caused elderly woman’s death

Woman tells of ‘icy cold rage’ over mum’s neglect

Aged-care nightmare: From walking and talking to dead in three months

Royal commission hears aged care residents served re-used, cold meals in ‘race to the bottom’

Maggie Beer says food budget of $7/day per aged care resident is ‘impossible’

Gold Coast aged care facility Earle Haven to be referred to royal commission

Gold Coast aged-care residents distressed after Earle Haven Retirement Village’s sudden closure

Lack of financial resources could lead to a ‘perfect storm’ in aged care

Aged care work can be ‘sad and morbid’

Investigation of People Care facility underway

Everyday Australians And Their Four-Legged Friends Make The Best Volunteers

Aged care royal commission hears of grandfather sick of sitting in his own faeces

Aged care provider Estia Health taken to Federal Court in class action