Aged care provider brings ‘happydemic’ to residents
Elderly residents at these three facilities on the Northern Rivers are finding joy and boosting their wellbeing with this quirky program.
Aged Care
Change at the top as revamped aged care home prepares for vaccine
‘You don’t solve a problem by sitting on the fence complaining’: New leader wants money invested back into residents as aged care faces challenges.
Stripping tradie could plunge Gold Coast into lockdown
The Gold Coast is holding its breath after a local COVID-positive tradie – who moonlighted as a stripper at a superspreader hen’s party – visited 11 potential exposure sites across the city including surf titles and an aged care home.
Aged care staff demand pay rise of $4 an hour
Aged care workers want a pay rise in the wake of a damning Royal Commission report into abuse and neglect.
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Public poos prompt public plea from Woopi aged care CEO
‘It’s just sad people think defecating outside an aged care centre is appropriate’
Death in age care under royal commission, coroner microscope
THEO Vis died in a Bundaberg aged care facility with a pressure sore on his back so severe it had eaten through to his coccyx, according to his partner.
REVEALED: Expected completion date for aged care home
Company provides timeline for plans to open $21 million 144-bed aged care facility in Clarence Valley
Works starts on $21M aged care development
VIDEO: Earthworks are finally underway on a 144-bed Clarence Valley aged care facility 17 years in the making.
‘We are now in lockdown’: Aged care facility’s big decision
THE Northern Rivers facility says they are prioritising the safety of residents and staff.
Nursing home worker ‘regrets’ claim director ‘sounded drunk’
Court hears nursing home worker was formally disciplined for telling colleagues nursing director ‘sounded drunk’ on the phone
‘Disgrace’: Aged care residents demand flagpole on Anzac Day
THERE is one aged care home in Ballina missing an external flagpole to fly the Australian flag on Anzac Day.
Aged care workers devastated by lack of coronavirus support
The coronavirus outbreak has ‘demonstrated that aged care is a chronically underfunded industry’, says expert.
Clarence Village has 20 new reasons to celebrate
GALLERY: ‘It also provided a nice excuse to get everyone together to thank them for all the hard work they do here and acknowledge the patrons who have helped build this community’
Proposed change to aged care bill debated in parliament
THE body representing aged care providers says regional home care services are going to be left in the lurch if proposed legislation goes ahead.
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