"She would rather die than live like this": Nurses fear residents in aged care homes are giving up. #abc730 @kirstenrobb #agedcare #coronavirus abc.net.au/news/2020-09-1…
“He said, ‘Look, I don't want much. I’d just like to be able to go back to the dining room to have my meals rather than being locked up in my room and spend some time with my mates.’” - Shane Durance, clinical nurse consultant, discussing an #AgedCare resident. #abc730 #COVID19
“The reason [staff] weren't looking forward to it was because they had already lost 16 residents due to #COVID19. They weren't looking forward to the day people like Jack went back to the dining room & were faced with looking at all of those empty chairs.” – Shane Durance #abc730
“We're seeing a lot less COVID patients than we were. But we're seeing a lot more presentations with mental health problems & with overdoses. I think because a lot of people are finding the current restrictions understandably challenging.” – Dr Jamie Roberts, Sunshine Hospital
“One of the hardest parts of looking after #COVID19Vic patients is the isolation that they’re in and that they feel, and not have being able to have family members be by their side.” – Laura Keily, nurse. @TheRMH. #abc730
“As my mother in law, who passed a few years ago, would say, ‘Look after the grandparents Shane, we built this country, and we owe them better.’” - Shane Durance, clinical nurse consultant #abc730 #coronavirus #COVID19Vic
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