Ramsay Health Care Australia Pty Ltd is facing a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) in front of Deputy President Asbury in his Brisbane chambers (Campbell).
January 11, 2019
Munjuwa Health Housing and Community Aboriginal Corporation is facing a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Fair Work Deputy President Kovacic in his ACT chambers (House).
January 11, 2019
Elderly residents were targeted in a brazen theft at a retirement village where a man stole jewellery, a car and cash while they were sleeping. A spokesman from Queensland Police Service said a 36-year-old man was arrested yesterday in relation to the crimes on January 7. The man allegedly broke into two units at a Saffron Dr retirement village and rummaged through belongings. A 92-year-old woman was among the victims where the fly screen from her window was removed and she was broken into between 10pm and 7am the next day. A QPS spokesman said the man allegedly “rifled through the cupboards”, got into her car and stole jewellery from the top of her duchess. An 85-year-old man was also targeted around the same time when the man allegedly broke into his unit, grabbed his car keys and drove off with his car.
January 11, 2019
A car has been left buried deep inside a Wellington retirement home and a worker has been seriously injured thanks to an out-of-control car. The crash at Village at the Park, on Rintoul St in the suburb of Berhampore, happened at 1.25pm on Thursday. Tristan Saunders, from the retirement home, said a worker in the laundry was pinned between the car and debris. She suffered two ankle fractures as well as lower leg and head bruises. The driver of the crashed car was the wife of a resident who she had been visiting, Saunders said. After a 20 metre run-up, her car ended up “ploughing straight through into the laundry where one of our staff members was working”. He believed the driver may have suffered a medical problem, which led to to the out-of-control car. The car went through a window and hallway before coming to rest buried about three metres into the laundry building at the southwest end of the park. Wellington Free Ambulance confirmed a patient was taken to Wellington Hospital with a serious ankle injury. A hospital spokeswoman said the woman remained in a serious condition shortly before 4pm on Thursday. Bill McDonald, chief executive of Arvida Group, which owns Village at the Park, confirmed it was a staff member who was working in the laundry that was injured. Police’s serious crash unit would investigate.
January 11, 2019
Council of the ageing is calling on the aged care industry to take note of Coroner Rod Chandler’s findings into the death of a 92-year-old man. A report released on Tuesday found Alan John McKenzie died from heart failure aggravated by injuries sustained when falling from a chair that has since been deemed not fit for use. Coroner Chandler recommended the Fred French Nursing Home at Newstead review protocols around the regular inspection, maintenance and repair of equipment and its fault-reporting procedures. COTA chief executive Sue Leitch said the findings points to the need for robust systems in residential aged care and also with the care-at-home providers so systems can keep older people safe and care meets their needs. Mr McKenzie, a sufferer of chronic obstructive airways disease, Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia, became a resident of the home in June 2017. By November, Mr McKenzie was unable to stand or walk without assistance so he was given a princess chair to help him move around. Mr McKenzie fell head first from a princess chair after leaning on its armrest while watching TV with other residents on April 14, 2018. He died at 5.45am on April 15. McLean Healthcare technician Aaron Dilllon examined the princess chair at the request of Tasmania Police. He found the rear brake was not working, the right armrest was difficult to release because of a stripped thread and the spring mechanism was worn and not properly lubricated, the right armrest also didn’t lock into the upright position properly and the left leg was missing a bolt. “It was Mr Dillon’s opinion that the chair should have been removed from use until fully repaired,” the report said. Coroner Chandler said the evidence made it apparent that the princess chair was not fit for use and should have been removed prior to Mr McKenzie’s fall. “The fact that it was not removed from use demonstrates very serious shortcomings in the home’s systems concerning the regular inspection of equipment, the reporting of faults and the carrying out of repairs,” he said. “I am satisfied that Mr McKenzie’s premature death was a direct consequence of the right armrest to his princess chair collapsing when he leaned on it causing him to fall to the floor.” Ms Leitch said people should be able to raise concerns about the provision of care with their providers and for them to be resolved promptly.
January 10, 2019
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from the Wonthaggi and District Elderly Citizens Homes Inc T/A Rose Lodge for its Wonthaggi and District Elderly Citizens Homes Inc (trading as Rose Lodge), ANMF and HSU Enterprise Agreement 2017 has been ratified by Fair Work Deputy President Masson in Melbourne on 9 January 2019.
January 10, 2019
The National Union of Workers and Sigma Company Limited will contest a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) in front of Fair Work Commissioner Cirkovic in Court 6 – Level 6 in Melbourne today.
January 10, 2019
A cleaner accused of unleashing a vicious attack on her 92-year-old client after claiming she was threatened with a cane and a knife has been refused bail in Sydney. Indonesian citizen Hanny Papanicolaou, 35, has been charged with attempted murder and wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm after arriving unannounced at her elderly client’s home in Ashbury on January 2. Her barrister James Trevallion made a bail application in Burwood Local Court on Wednesday, submitting the 35-year-old acted in self defence. But magistrate Louise McManus refused it on the basis that she wasn’t satisfied any conditions would mitigate the risk Papanicolaou poses to her alleged victim and community, and the possibility of interference with witnesses. The matter was adjourned to March 6.
