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Sarah Russell

Aged Care

She’s dreaming

A personal care attendant working in an aged care home is paid $28.47 per hour. So a 15% rise will give them an extra  $4.27 extra per hour in their pocket. Does Minister Wells seriously think an extra $4 per hour will "entice 10,000 more workers to the sector"? We…
Sarah Russell
May 5, 2023
Aged Care

Need for transparency

John Hewson (Aged care should not weary them, April 22-28) addresses an elephant in the room: The charitable and religious organisations in the aged care sector that expected healthy cash surpluses that they could then draw on to help fund their other religious and pastoral care objectives. My research shows this…
Sarah Russell
April 22, 2023
Aged Care

Loving family and friends

Thank goodness Molly Meldrum's friends who are providing support for Molly to remain at home.  It takes a village to support an older person living at home with cognitive failure. Although many older people receive government assistance to remain at home, unpaid carers – family, friends, neighbours – often undertake…
Sarah Russell
March 27, 2023
Politics

Progressives of the Peninsula – PoP

I pay my respects to Boon Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation, their elders past, present and future. I wish to acknowledge the generosity of the Uluru Statement of the Heart and my support for an Indigenous voice to parliament that will enable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to provide…
Sarah Russell
February 4, 2023