A study published today found more than 88% of staff at five newly-opened aged care homes said they had witnessed or suspected abuse in nursing homes where they had previously worked. Of these, 92.7% were previously employed in nursing homes for older people with dementia and 7.3% had worked in nursing homes for older people.
January 30, 2017
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation and Alfred Health (Caulfield Hospital Campus) are arm wrestling a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) before Commissioner Cribb in Conference Room E & F – level 6 in Melbourne at 4pm.
January 30, 2017
St Vincent’s Private Hospitals Ltd Victoria has been served with a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) to appeal before Commissioner Cribb in Conference Room E & F – Level 6 in Melbourne at 2pm (Kumar).
January 30, 2017
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from the Adelaide Community Healthcare Alliance Incorporated for its Adelaide Community Healthcare Alliance – Clerical Employees – Enterprise Agreement 2016-2020 has been ratified by Commissioner Lee.
January 30, 2017
A female mental health patient is alleged to have caused a fire at Robina Hospital at the weekend with a hidden cigarette lighter. Gold Coast Health said 16 patients and “multiple staff” were safely evacuated after a fire in the acute mental health ward about 3am on Sunday.
January 30, 2017
An application for approval of the SwanCare Group Incorporated (ANF) Nurses Enterprise Agreement 2016 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be determined by Commissioner Gregory in his Melbourne chambers today.
January 30, 2017
Yvonne Tebbutt has got the NSW Workers Compensation Commission to force the State of New South Wales – Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District (incorrectly sued as Shoalhaven District Memorial Hospital) to reassess her injury claim. Ms Tebbutt has developed a consequential condition, namely fibromyalgia, which allegedly results from her accepted primary psychological injury.
January 30, 2017
Family and friends are reaching out for help to bring home an Australian woman who remains in a Thai hospital 10 days after a motorcycle accident that left her fighting for life and struggling to pay thousands of dollars in medical bills. Australian tourist Dawn Weldon was riding a moped with her 14-year-old son on January 15, when she collided head-on with a truck in the Thai resort district of Ko Lanta. The 53-year-old nurse from Valla on the New South Wales Mid North Coast suffered a brain injury, a fractured skull and broke 15 separate bones, but the severe injuries were only the beginning of her ordeal. Her family says the Krabi Government Hospital will not discharge her to receive much-needed treatment in Australia, until a mounting medical bill is paid.
