Two residents at Warrigal Warilla “died in distress, with unrelieved pain and discomfort” according to a damning report released this week. Dementia patients were also observed wandering aimlessly and calling out “with no meaningful lifestyle interventions” during a five-day audit of the facility by a Federal Government agency in January. Meantime the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission detailed numerous reports of care recipients being found in wet beds, as well as others roving the home at night and entering other residents’ bedrooms. The unannounced audit was undertaken soon after a 48-year-old female worker was charged over alleged assaults of five elderly residents at the home. Shakuntala Mudaliar, who was immediately stood down, will defend the charges at a hearing set down for Wollongong court in November. The Federal health department slapped sanctions on the Arcadia Street facility immediately after the audit, citing an “immediate and severe risk to the health, safety and well-being of care recipients”. This week the Commission publicly released its full audit report, which revealed the Warilla facility met just 24 of the 44 national standards of care. Many of the failures were within the vital area of health and personal care where 13 of 17 needs went unmet; including medication and pain management. “The home’s monitoring system does not identify errors related to medication administration,” the report stated. “… Pain is not assessed or monitored to develop strategies for management of care recipients experiencing pain.” Nutrition and hydration, and skin care were other areas of concern, with “significant gaps in wound care provision” identified. “Injuries in the form of skin tears and bruising are not monitored and evaluated to minimise recurrence,” the report stated.
April 15, 2019
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by Healthe Care Australia Pty Ltd T/A Healthe Care for t he Healthe Care (Wollongong Day Surgery and Healthwoods Day Surgery) Health Professionals and Support Services Enterprise Agreement 2017 has been stamped by Commissioner Bissett in Melbourne on 12 April 2019.
April 15, 2019
An application for approval of the Barunga Village Inc Aged Care Employees Enterprise Agreement 2018 (s.185 – Application for application of a single-enterprise agreement) in the preserve of Fair Work Commissioner Platt in Hearing Room 6.2 – Level 6 in Adelaide.
April 15, 2019
An application for approval of the Infinite Aged Care – SA and Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation – ANMF – SA Nursing Employees Enterprise Agreement 2018 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) will be determined by Commissioner Platt in chambers in Adelaide.
April 15, 2019
A s.185 (Application for approval of a multi-enterprise agreement) by Victorian Hospitals’ Industrial Association for its Victorian Public Health Sector (Biomedical Engineers) Enterprise Agreement 2018-2022 has been passed by Fair Work Deputy President Colman sitting in Melbourne on 12 April 2019.
April 15, 2019
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by PresCare for its PresCare Allied Health Enterprise Agreement 2018 (Social, community, home care and disability services) has been passed by Fair Work Commissioner Lee sitting in Melbourne on 12 April 2019.
April 15, 2019
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by ACON Health for the ACON Health Ltd Enterprise Agreement 2018-2021 (Social, community, home care and disability services) has been ratified by Fair Work Deputy President Boyce in Sydney on 10 April 2019.
April 12, 2019
St Vincent de Paul Society Queensland will face a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) today in front of Deputy President Lake in chambers in Brisbane (Sanderson).
