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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
Aged CareMy story

My story of an aged care home

In 2010, my parents, Joan and Roy Russell, moved into an aged care home together. They chose the aged care home primarily because they could sleep together in the same bed. After Dad’s death in January 2012, I visited Mum most days until her death in September 2015. I wanted…
Sarah Russell
December 26, 2022
Aged Care

Don’t ignore aged care

Aged and Community Care Providers Association head Tom Symondson said the community needed to recognise “nurses, personal care workers and allied health professionals don’t grow on trees”. Of course the aged care workforce doesn't grow on trees. However, it will grow with better working conditions, including better pay.   Over…
Sarah Russell
December 22, 2022