#agedcare — Public Fediverse posts

Inquest into death of Clare Nowland hears from relatives on final day
By Adriane Reardon and Isla Evans

Family of Clare Nowland have addressed a coroners court on the final day of an inquest examining her death.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-15/clare-nowland-inquest-day-3-final-day/106624492

#Courts #AgedCare #DeathandDying #AdrianeReardon #IslaEvans

364 Days #auspol #agedcare #myagedcare @AlboMP

Taser-death inquest told officers had 'plenty of time' to deal with 95yo
By Adriane Reardon and Isla Evans

A senior NSW Ambulance officer tells the Clare Nowland inquest that emergency services could have taken more time responding to the 95-year-old's dementia-related aggression.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-14/clare-nowland-inquest-day-two-coroners-court/106624488

#Courts #AgedCare #AdrianeReardon #IslaEvans

https://www.europesays.com/uk/958283/ Australians ‘literally dying’ as aged care average wait times surpass 365 days #AgedCare #BedBlock #Budget #Budget2026 #FederalBudget #Health #Healthcare #UK #UnitedKingdom

Australians 'literally dying' while they wait months for aged care packages
By Stephanie Dalzell and Paige Cockburn

Opposition MPs accuse the federal government of burying figures showing Australians are waiting a year for residential aged care and at-home support packages.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-14/aged-care-average-wait-times-blow-out/106665162

#AgedCare #Budget #Health #StephanieDalzell #PaigeCockburn

What's in the federal budget for older Australians?
By Lewis Wiseman

Despite it being an intergenerational budget, specific parts of the economic strategy will impact older Australians.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-13/federal-budget-impact-on-older-australians/106671572

#Budget #OlderPeople #AgedCare #LewisWiseman

What's in the federal budget for older Australians?
By Lewis Wiseman

Despite it being an intergenerational budget, specific parts of the economic strategy will impact older Australians.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-13/federal-budget-impact-on-older-australians/106671572

#Budget #OlderPeople #AgedCare #LewisWiseman

What's in the federal budget for older Australians?
By Lewis Wiseman

Despite it being an intergenerational budget, specific parts of the economic strategy will impact older Australians.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-13/federal-budget-impact-on-older-australians/106671572

#Budget #OlderPeople #AgedCare #LewisWiseman

What's in the federal budget for older Australians?
By Lewis Wiseman

Despite it being an intergenerational budget, specific parts of the economic strategy will impact older Australians.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-13/federal-budget-impact-on-older-australians/106671572

#Budget #OlderPeople #AgedCare #LewisWiseman

What's in the federal budget for older Australians?
By Lewis Wiseman

Despite it being an intergenerational budget, specific parts of the economic strategy will impact older Australians.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-13/federal-budget-impact-on-older-australians/106671572

#Budget #OlderPeople #AgedCare #LewisWiseman

Coronial inquest into death of tasered 95yo Clare Nowland begins
By Isla Evans and Adriane Reardon

Three years after the great-grandmother was tasered by a police officer in her aged care home, an inquest is expected to focus on dementia training for aged care staff and emergency services.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-13/coronial-inquest-clare-nowland-taser-death-begins/106624406

#Courts #AgedCare #DeathandDying #Police #IslaEvans #AdrianeReardon

Australians to be evacuated after Hantavirus outbreak | ABC News Top Stories

A group of Australian passengers is preparing to disembark the cruise ship at the centre of a deadly…
#NewsBeep #News #Health #Agedcare #AU #Australia #Australians #bedblock #cruiseship #Flight #gas #hantavirus #Iran #OneNation #Shell #singapore
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/662553/

'They're people's mums and dads': The crisis engulfing hospitals
By Stephanie Dalzell, Paige Cockburn, and Rhiannon Hobbins

The number of aged care patients stuck in hospitals has jumped by 35 per cent in less than a year, fuelling fresh demands for the federal government to stem the crisis.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-11/aged-care-patients-stranded-in-hospitals-australia/106651544

#HealthcareFacilities #AgedCare #StephanieDalzell #PaigeCockburn # #RhiannonHobbins

Support at Home's short term pathways (Auslan video) #Auslan #AgedCare

https://www.health.gov.au/resources/videos/support-at-homes-short-term-pathways-auslan

Budget savings #auspol #budget2026 #agedcare #ndis

Went to a #Dementia care place.

Shock #1 was walking around looking for my relative, walked through the lounge where many of the residents seem to sit most of the day.
Couldn't see him.
But he was there.
In the last week he's got to blending in.

#2 was seeing him walking with a zimmerman frame, sway backwards, then lean forward onto the frame.
The frame slid forward (with the brakes on).
He fell.
#ZimmermanFrame #EquipmentFailure #RiskManagement #Falls #SwapRisks #AgedCare #IatrogenicInjury

Went to a #Dementia care place.

Shock #1 was walking around looking for my relative, walked through the lounge where many of the residents seem to sit most of the day.
Couldn't see him.
But he was there.
In the last week he's got to blending in.

#2 was seeing him walking with a zimmerman frame, sway backwards, then lean forward onto the frame.
The frame slid forward (with the brakes on).
He fell.
#ZimmermanFrame #EquipmentFailure #RiskManagement #Falls #SwapRisks #AgedCare #IatrogenicInjury

Went to a #Dementia care place.

Shock #1 was walking around looking for my relative, walked through the lounge where many of the residents seem to sit most of the day.
Couldn't see him.
But he was there.
In the last week he's got to blending in.

#2 was seeing him walking with a zimmerman frame, sway backwards, then lean forward onto the frame.
The frame slid forward (with the brakes on).
He fell.
#ZimmermanFrame #EquipmentFailure #RiskManagement #Falls #SwapRisks #AgedCare #IatrogenicInjury

Went to a #Dementia care place.

Shock #1 was walking around looking for my relative, walked through the lounge where many of the residents seem to sit most of the day.
Couldn't see him.
But he was there.
In the last week he's got to blending in.

#2 was seeing him walking with a zimmerman frame, sway backwards, then lean forward onto the frame.
The frame slid forward (with the brakes on).
He fell.
#ZimmermanFrame #EquipmentFailure #RiskManagement #Falls #SwapRisks #AgedCare #IatrogenicInjury

Went to a #Dementia care place.

Shock #1 was walking around looking for my relative, walked through the lounge where many of the residents seem to sit most of the day.
Couldn't see him.
But he was there.
In the last week he's got to blending in.

#2 was seeing him walking with a zimmerman frame, sway backwards, then lean forward onto the frame.
The frame slid forward (with the brakes on).
He fell.
#ZimmermanFrame #EquipmentFailure #RiskManagement #Falls #SwapRisks #AgedCare #IatrogenicInjury

2/
One in five residents aged 80 and older describe themselves as severely lonely. This reality has prompted trials of social robots like Emma, developed by a Munich-based startup. Waltraud, a resident of Haus im Wiesengrund, had her doubts but over time formed a bond with Emma.

#AgedCare
#loneliness
#robots

Emma the Social Robot

Waltraud talks with Emma, a social robot that recognises faces and remembers past conversations. Though skeptical at first, Waltraud says she felt connected to Emma over time. Albershausen, 3 July 2025. Germany’s care homes are facing two crises: staff shortages and loneliness.
Photograph: Paula Hornickel/World Press Photo 2026

#photography
#AgedCare
#loneliness
#robots

https://www.europesays.com/ie/448838/ More than 3 million Australians over 65 to pay more for private health #AgedCare #Éire #Health #HealthCare #HealthInsuranceCosts #Healthcare #IE #Ireland #labor #MarkButler #NationalPressClub #ndis #PreBudgetSpeech #PrivateHealthInsurance

https://www.europesays.com/uk/910702/ More than 3 million Australians over 65 to pay more for private health #AgedCare #Health #HealthInsuranceCosts #Healthcare #Labor #MarkButler #NationalPressClub #ndis #PreBudgetSpeech #PrivateHealthInsurance #UK #UnitedKingdom

RE: https://rssfeed.media/@abcfeeds/116444707685378956

Government trying to pitt different cohorts & different PWDs against each other by claiming they need the #NDIS cuts/slashing to pay for this extra help to the elderly #AusPol #Disability #AgedCare

RE: https://aus.social/@jhaue/116444716013535852

Computers are not making decisions. The Australian government is, just like they did with #robodebt. It's unacceptable behaviour to be #AutomatingInequality for #NDIS + #AgedCare in #Australia

RE: https://aus.social/@jhaue/116444716013535852

Computers are not making decisions. The Australian government is, just like they did with #robodebt. It's unacceptable behaviour to be #AutomatingInequality for #NDIS + #AgedCare in #Australia

RE: https://aus.social/@jhaue/116444716013535852

Computers are not making decisions. The Australian government is, just like they did with #robodebt. It's unacceptable behaviour to be #AutomatingInequality for #NDIS + #AgedCare in #Australia

RE: https://aus.social/@jhaue/116444716013535852

Computers are not making decisions. The Australian government is, just like they did with #robodebt. It's unacceptable behaviour to be #AutomatingInequality for #NDIS + #AgedCare in #Australia

RE: https://aus.social/@jhaue/116444716013535852

Computers are not making decisions. The Australian government is, just like they did with #robodebt. It's unacceptable behaviour to be #AutomatingInequality for #NDIS + #AgedCare in #Australia

Aged care in home funding explained #auspol #agedcare #myagedcare

@feather1952 How did the ombudsman go with investigating that other controversial algorithm tool used for #Robodebt ?
Or investigating why Services Australia phones have not been answered within targets for over 10 years, eg including a callback system?
Or...(insert ongoing list here...)
#AusPol #AgedCare #Robodebt

@feather1952 How did the ombudsman go with investigating that other controversial algorithm tool used for #Robodebt ?
Or investigating why Services Australia phones have not been answered within targets for over 10 years, eg including a callback system?
Or...(insert ongoing list here...)
#AusPol #AgedCare #Robodebt

@feather1952 How did the ombudsman go with investigating that other controversial algorithm tool used for #Robodebt ?
Or investigating why Services Australia phones have not been answered within targets for over 10 years, eg including a callback system?
Or...(insert ongoing list here...)
#AusPol #AgedCare #Robodebt

@feather1952 How did the ombudsman go with investigating that other controversial algorithm tool used for #Robodebt ?
Or investigating why Services Australia phones have not been answered within targets for over 10 years, eg including a callback system?
Or...(insert ongoing list here...)
#AusPol #AgedCare #Robodebt

Excellent news, let’s hope this doesn’t take too long. #AusPol #AgedCare
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/14/labor-aged-care-algorithm-tool-ombudsman-investigation

Labor’s controversial algorithm tool for aged care under investigation by ombudsman https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/14/labor-aged-care-algorithm-tool-ombudsman-investigation #AgedCare #Health #AustralianPolitics #AustraliaNews

This is coming to the #NDIS unless we change the mind of Politicians who don't really understand AI: Guardian News: ‘Letting the algorithm rip’: no legal basis for lack of human override of aged care funding tool, inquiry hears https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/03/aged-care-funding-assessment-tool-algorithm #Agedcare #Welfare #Health #Disability #Discrimination #AusPol

@theguardian_world_news

Let's do RoboDebt again but this time we'll try pushing old people to kill themselves by screwing up their support funding?

Anthony Albanese is overseeing bureaucratic manslaughter IMO.

#RoboDebt #AnthonyAlbanese #AusPol #AgedCare #AgedCareSupporyFunding #BureaucraticManslaughter

@theguardian_world_news

Let's do RoboDebt again but this time we'll try pushing old people to kill themselves by screwing up their support funding?

Anthony Albanese is overseeing bureaucratic manslaughter IMO.

#RoboDebt #AnthonyAlbanese #AusPol #AgedCare #AgedCareSupporyFunding #BureaucraticManslaughter

@theguardian_world_news

Let's do RoboDebt again but this time we'll try pushing old people to kill themselves by screwing up their support funding?

Anthony Albanese is overseeing bureaucratic manslaughter IMO.

#RoboDebt #AnthonyAlbanese #AusPol #AgedCare #AgedCareSupporyFunding #BureaucraticManslaughter

@theguardian_world_news

Let's do RoboDebt again but this time we'll try pushing old people to kill themselves by screwing up their support funding?

Anthony Albanese is overseeing bureaucratic manslaughter IMO.

#RoboDebt #AnthonyAlbanese #AusPol #AgedCare #AgedCareSupporyFunding #BureaucraticManslaughter

@theguardian_world_news

Let's do RoboDebt again but this time we'll try pushing old people to kill themselves by screwing up their support funding?

Anthony Albanese is overseeing bureaucratic manslaughter IMO.

#RoboDebt #AnthonyAlbanese #AusPol #AgedCare #AgedCareSupporyFunding #BureaucraticManslaughter

‘Letting the algorithm rip’: no legal basis for lack of human override of aged care funding tool, inquiry hears https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/03/aged-care-funding-assessment-tool-algorithm #AgedCare #Welfare #Health #AustralianPolitics #AustraliaNews

https://www.europesays.com/britain/4435/ Ray Cooney is Britain’s greatest farceur, but dementia means he doesn’t know it #AgedCare #Alzheimer'sDisease #Britain #ClaireAllfree #Comedy #culture #CultureEditor'sChoice #Dementia #ElderHealth #Jokes #Standard #Theatre #USContent

Yet again, privatised aged care is making headlines for all the wrong reasons.
5,500 workers underpaid. $11.7 million owed. Years of missed wages — blamed on systems.
This isn’t an error. It’s what happens when care is run like a business: cut costs, squeeze staff, apologise later.
We were told privatisation would bring efficiency. Instead, it’s delivered wage theft and worse care.
Public money. Private profits. Workers left chasing what they’re owed.

#agedcare #privatisation #auspol

https://www.9news.com.au/national/aged-care-home-to-pay-117-million-after-5500-staff-underpaid/47c4a964-3a84-4a67-abdb-458c08280728

What happens when a frail aged person is valued?

Aged care institutionalisation is IMO sometimes the best available option.

Do some offspring take the opportunity of institutionalisation to get revenge and abandon their vulnerable aged parent to be warehoused?

If you are a parent you might want to consider the level of revenge-seeking in your family.

Abandonment to warehousing and putting a parent into an aged care institution can be different things.

#AgedCare #WarehousingOfTheAged

Agencies warn elderly could suffer as fuel price rises hit aged care services

The national peak body for aged care providers is calling on the federal government to p…
#NewsBeep #News #Healthcare #Agedcare #ageingaustralia #AU #Australia #commonwealthhomesupportservices #communityservices #communitytransportorganisation #elderly #emergencycare #Federalgovernment #fuelcrisis #Health #IranCrisis #iranwar #mealsonwheels #nationalfuelsupplytaskforce #preventative
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/571099/

Agencies warn elderly could suffer as fuel price rises hit aged care services

The national peak body for aged care providers is calling on the federal government to p…
#NewsBeep #News #Healthcare #Agedcare #ageingaustralia #AU #Australia #commonwealthhomesupportservices #communityservices #communitytransportorganisation #elderly #emergencycare #Federalgovernment #fuelcrisis #Health #IranCrisis #iranwar #mealsonwheels #nationalfuelsupplytaskforce #preventative
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/571099/