80-year-old Luigi Cantali suffers from dementia, blindness and depression. His daughter moved him to an aged care facility expecting they would offer him the specialized care he needed. She was wrong. Caregivers left him lying in bed all day with soiled clothing and leaking incontinence pads. While such behaviour is unacceptable, aged care facilities must…
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According to a report by CEDA (Committee for Economic Development of Australia), Australia will face a shortage of at least 110,000 aged care workers over the next decade. The report stresses that unless the Government takes urgent action, the workforce shortage could exceed 400,000 by 2050. There are several reasons for the shortage. Migrant workers…
It is well known within the Healthcare industry that residential care facilities ideally need to focus on three areas if they want to maintain consistently high levels of care support and meet aged care compliance standards (Aged care quality standards apply to all Australian Government-funded aged care services). Wellness The best facilities work towards improving…
What do a million older Australians living alone at home have in common with over 250,000 seniors in residential aged care facilities? In an emergency, they both require assistance. And the best way to do so is with assisted and independent living technology. Let’s look at the difference between a personal alarm and a medical…
Rita Kendricks was 85 years old when she slipped and broke her leg at home. She lay on her living room floor for 6 hours, unable to move. She remembered how, despite her family and friends pleading with her, she had dismissed all suggestions of getting a personal alarm for the elderly. “If I ever…
According to the Aged Care Royal Commission report, the number of Australians aged 85 and over will exceed 1.5 million (3.7 percent of the population) by 2058 – an increase of 1.7 percent from 2018-19. What does this mean for the aged care industry? As the population ages, there will be greater demand for specialised…
Sandra couldn’t believe her father was being mistreated. She’d spent a lot of money to get him into what she thought was one of the best-aged care facilities in Australia, but the experience shocked her. According to her father, caregivers slapped and beat him, denied him food for hours, and didn’t take him to the…
Disturbing media reports about the ill-treatment of elders across Australia’s residential care facilities contributed to the Government setting up a Royal Commission inquiry. While it is essential to report instances of abuse, neglect, and assault, we seem to hear very little about the older people who are living happily in an aged care facility. The…
May 2012. Glenn and Connie Samuels had been thinking about moving into a retirement village for the past 8 years. They had 4 wonderful children, all of whom were busy–they wanted to make the move while they still could and not be a burden to them. When they finally found the village of their choice…
When Ian’s parents were younger, he promised he’d never put them in an old age home. That felt cruel as if he was abandoning them. Fast forward 30 years and Ian’s dad was living with him, his wife and his 3-year-old daughter. As Ian’s dad grew older, his need for medical attention and physical assistance…