'It will only take one person': Victoria's aged care outbreaks a wake-up call for everyone

Mr Bricknell said his organisation, which looks after around 800 West Australians in residential aged care, had been working with a number of other providers and the Health Department to coordinate their responses

Mr Bricknell said it was a "caught-between" situation, and his organisation had been checking in with workers to find out where and how they were working."We've got workers who need to work in multiple jobs to earn a full-time living, and we can't change that now," he said.The Victorian and Federal Governments have announced funding in that state aimed at keeping aged care staff in single facilities.

Mr Bricknell said his organisation had been giving workers paid pandemic leave if they presented with symptoms, but it was not sustainable indefinitely."To have some support to enable this to happen makes sense … it minimises the risk longer term."Governments are facing tough questions on how this has gone so terribly wrong. Here are some clues

The group of local aged care providers said there had to be the capacity to immediately transfer a resident with COVID-19 to hospital."Aged care homes are people's homes not hospitals, and with COVID-19 a serious threat to this vulnerable population, high-level clinical care and support must be available," their statement read.

"Many aged care homes across Australia have successfully managed outbreaks of COVID-19 while continuing to care for residents within the facility."Council of the Ageing [COTA] WA chief executive Christine Allen said communication with families was essential, with hopes a new visitors code for aged care homes would ensure relatives were kept in the loop.

So what exactly is excess deaths in aged care due to corona virus because we already see A HUGE amount of deaths in aged care every year!

This is a response after ... nearly 20 weeks ... There is no leadership in the State of Victoria ... Andrews inept approach from the beginning has been a disaster. We should have had the entire Aged Care System in Lockdown from Day 1.

They've had about 12-24 wake up calls over the past decade.

Many elderly people don't like to use Walker. The reason is that wheelchairs are easier.

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