'Consultation' between aged care providers and families 'needs to improve' by Sky News Australia on YouTube
'Consultation' between aged care providers and families 'needs to improve'
Shadow Financial Services Minister Matt Thistlewaite is calling on the Commonwealth and aged care regulators to facilitate greater communication between facilities and families of residents as COVID-19 tears through Victoria's aged care system. Mr Thistlewaite said the move by the Fair Work Commission to provide aged care workers with paid pandemic leave was necessary and urged the Commonwealth to better regulate PPE supplies in facilities. He told Sky News however that the government needed to improve "consultation with relatives”. He said images in the media were showing high levels of anxiety among family members of residents in aged care homes as many were unable to obtain information about their relatives either online or by ringing the facility. “The Commonwealth needs to be aware of that and try and work with the facility providers to put in place mechanisms to ensure that that information is freely available and it removes the need for people to show up at these facilities and increase the risk of infection,” he said. Image: News Corp Australia
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Shadow Financial Services Minister Matt Thistlewaite is calling on the Commonwealth and aged care regulators to facilitate greater communication between facilities and families of residents as COVID-19 tears through Victoria's aged care system. Mr Thistlewaite said the move by the Fair Work Commission to provide aged care workers with paid pandemic leave was necessary and urged the Commonwealth to better regulate PPE supplies in facilities. He told Sky News however that the government needed to improve "consultation with relatives”. He said images in the media were showing high levels of anxiety among family members of residents in aged care homes as many were unable to obtain information about their relatives either online or by ringing the facility. “The Commonwealth needs to be aware of that and try and work with the facility providers to put in place mechanisms to ensure that that information is freely available and it removes the need for people to show up at these facilities and increase the risk of infection,” he said. Image: News Corp Australia
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