The Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health (an academic research center which aims to identify cost-effective policies that improve the health of people… Read More »COVID-19: Call for policy action to protect people with disability (CRE-DH, Australia)
By Lee-Fay Low (University of Sidney) Australia’s first COVID outbreak in long term care Australia’s second and third COVID-19 deaths were 95-year old and 82-year-old… Read More »Report: COVID-19 in nursing homes and policy responses in Australia
Information on work attendance and testing for health and residential care workers from the Australian Department of Health: https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2020/03/coronavirus-covid-19-information-on-work-attendance-and-testing-for-health-and-residential-aged-care-workers_0.pdf
Factsheet for residential aged care workers about how to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) from the Australian Department of Health, including information on: how… Read More »COVID-19 information for workers in residential care facilities (Department of Health, Australia)
The Austrlian Federal Government has announced an additional $444.6 million in funding for the aged care sector to support staff retention in residential aged care… Read More »Australia: Additional public funds to support the Long-Term Care sector through the COVID-19 outbreak
Guideline developed by the Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA) for residential care facilities where they has been a COVID-19 outbreak, including a clear flow-chart summary… Read More »Guidelines for residential care facilities where there has been a COVID-19 outbreak (CDNA, Australia)
