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COTA Australia launches aggressive campaign for 60,000 Home Care Packages ahead of Tuesday’s Budget post image

COTA Australia launches aggressive campaign for 60,000 Home Care Packages ahead of Tuesday’s Budget

SA aged care nurses who went to Victoria say they aren’t being paid to quarantine on their return post image

SA aged care nurses who went to Victoria say they aren’t being paid to quarantine on their return

Seven new cases and two deaths in Victoria – 50% of active cases still in aged care post image

Seven new cases and two deaths in Victoria – 50% of active cases still in aged care

UK’s largest aged care provider has had 20 new COVID outbreaks in the last fortnight – one week to get test results while staff keep working post image

UK’s largest aged care provider has had 20 new COVID outbreaks in the last fortnight – one week to get test results while staff keep working

“Not the time for blame”: Royal Commission COVID report identifies six recommendations for Government action – Aged Care Minister says Commonwealth will accept all six including an eight-week deadline post image

“Not the time for blame”: Royal Commission COVID report identifies six recommendations for Government action – Aged Care Minister says Commonwealth will accept all six including an eight-week deadline

Federal Government has only spent $31 million of its $102 million aged care workforce funding on ‘surge’ staffing – at a cost of $2,500 a shift post image

Federal Government has only spent $31 million of its $102 million aged care workforce funding on ‘surge’ staffing – at a cost of $2,500 a shift

Only one in three aged care workers have completed the Government’s PPE training post image

Only one in three aged care workers have completed the Government’s PPE training

Staff at Melbourne aged care home say they were pressured to delay testing during COVID outbreak post image

Staff at Melbourne aged care home say they were pressured to delay testing during COVID outbreak

15 new cases and two more deaths as Victoria reaches 800 COVID-related fatalities post image

15 new cases and two more deaths as Victoria reaches 800 COVID-related fatalities

13 new COVID-19 cases and four deaths in Victoria as Chief Health Officer says Estia outbreak possibly caused by hospital transfer post image

13 new COVID-19 cases and four deaths in Victoria as Chief Health Officer says Estia outbreak possibly caused by hospital transfer

Grattan Institute points to three aged care priorities to be addressed in the Budget – including a ‘rescue package’ to lift standards in poor-performing operators post image

Grattan Institute points to three aged care priorities to be addressed in the Budget – including a ‘rescue package’ to lift standards in poor-performing operators

Infectious diseases expert to head up Victorian Aged Care Response Centre (VACRC) post image

Infectious diseases expert to head up Victorian Aged Care Response Centre (VACRC)