Covid-19 aged care guidelines: ‘They’re not a national plan. This is a plan!’ michaelwest.com.au/covid-19-aged-… via @MichaelWestBiz
“Dr Sarah Russell critically examines two documents that Scott Morrison asserts were the federal government’s pandemic plan for aged care.”
“The first is a set of vague guidelines that places responsibility for protecting residents on individual providers. The second is a plan for the health sector, not aged care.”
“With more than 200 residents having already died prematurely of Covid-19 in aged care homes (and the number rising every day), it is obvious that the planning and preparation was not effective.”
“Australia had advanced warning. Evidence from around the world showed the virus spread like wildfire in residential aged care settings. It was clear our aged care sector needed to prepare. The question being asked is: Did the federal government do enough?”
“Earlier in the week, counsel assisting the royal commission, Mr Rozen QC, asserted that the aged care sector was under-prepared for the pandemic.”
““Neither the Commonwealth Department of Health nor the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (the regulator) had developed a Covid-19 plan specifically for the aged care sector.””
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