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One of Queensland’s biggest non-government employers has sacked hundreds of workers amid the cost-of-living crisis. Health service provider UnitingCare will lose about 340 employees. The ABC understands most of the job losses will be from its BlueCare service, which provides residential aged care, respite care, and nursing services to people in their own homes. The church-aligned…
Aldi staff allegedly terrorised by knife-wielding womanA 28-year-old woman has been charged after she allegedly threatened supermarket staff with a knife in a bid to steal a trolley full of groceries. Get a read on this story Subscribe today to unlock it and more… Aldi staff allegedly terrorised by knife-wielding womanA 28-year-old woman has been…
National Tertiary Education Union ANU members, including casual academic Lina Koleilat, ACT division secretary Lachlan Clohesy and ANU Branch president Millan Pintos-Lopez, have voted to go on strike. Picture by Elesa Kurtz Union members at the Australian National University have voted to go on strike in the first week of semester two as negotiations on…
Elderly homeowners of a little WA town might be left takingatrip hundreds of kilometres for sufficient care, in what unions state is a growing issue throughout local Australia. Key points:Regional aged care houses are having to lower their consumption of clients amidst continuous personnel shortagesKojonup’s aged care center will not take any more brand-new patientsKojonup […]
People in Queensland’s aged care centres are seeing more COVID than ever previously, and while anti-viral medications and vaccines are conserving lives, the Council of the Ageing states a absence of readilyavailable personnel might be putting citizens at threat, especially in the areas. Key points:There are COVID breakouts in 213 aged care centres throughout QueenslandAs […]
For Michael North, life in aged care comes with a sense of seclusion from the rest of the neighborhood. “You feel practically like in a goldfish bowl, looking out at the world.” Mr North lives in an aged care house in the West Gippsland area of Victoria. Michael and his partner Terry haveactually been wed […]
Retired accountingprofessional Kranti Amar hasactually been keeping his mind sharp through offering. But at the age of 73, the Canberra grandpa has acknowledged that in simple years he will be requiring to getin into an aged-care house. But he states he discovers that possibility difficult, due to a absence of culturally suitable aged-care centers. “And […]
A little over a week after goinginto his Port Augusta aged care house in August 2021, Eric Wise was discovered unresponsive. Key points:Edenfield Family Care runs 2 aged care centers in Port Augusta, South AustraliaBoth centers stoppedworking the bulk of aged care requirements after sees by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission in 2021Edenfield declined […]
