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Teresa Randal @RandaltsRandal
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Ken Wyatt on ABC just now spinning a line about aged care funding & saying there is no crisis in aged care.
He is "often disappointed when providers don't act in the best interests..."
God forbid he should be disappointed!
Did he get 3 nuggets & 5 chips for dinner last night?
Despite accusations of bullying Ken Wyatt said he retained "confidence" in Mr Barnier Opal's CEO who is on two key government committees which advise on policy — the Aged Care Sector Committee and Aged Care Financing Authority. abc.net.au/news/2017-09-1…
Shocked doctors raised the alarm about a Canberra nursing home after an elderly resident battling dementia arrived for emergency treatment with maggot-infested wounds.
canberratimes.com.au/act-news/canbe…
Numerous investigations are underway into the suspicious deaths of five people at a Baptist-run aged care home in Townsville.
brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queen…
VIOLENCE, malnutrition and neglect have been exposed in Queensland nursing homes, with one in seven failing government inspections in the past year.
couriermail.com.au/.../queensland…...
The culture of our nursing homes is the way anxious family members who are unhappy about the way their parents are being treated are targeted by staff and barred from visiting their aged parent - sometimes the only family contact the parent has.
insideagedcare.com/aged-care-anal…
"Following the information received from the quality agency, the federal Department of Health identified an immediate and severe risk to the health, safety and wellbeing of care recipients at the home," the department said in a statement.
abc.net.au/news/2017-06-0…
Dr Miles says the federal government is responsible for funding and regulating aged care and cost-cutting from providers is "leading to misery and despair for older Australians".
ww.ntnews.com.au/news/national/…
'I worked as an agency worker for many years and the things i saw in nursing homes will haunt me forever'

Source: Comment on Frontline workers can help clients achieve adequate food intake Australian Ageing Agenda Aug 29, 2015
'What have principles got to do with aged care? There are NO principles in aged care, it's all about money, one way or another. Saving money, cutting costs, cutting corners, cutting staff, cutting quality care, ...'
Source: Comment on Aged care Crisis discussion forum in 2009
Q: Why is it that whenever a genuine concern is raised about the treatment of vulnerable Australians, @LiberalAus immediately characterises it as @AustralianLabor scoring political points and discounts it as nonsense?
A: Because if for @LiberalAus PROFIT is paramount.
#auspol
The Commonwealth’s controversial changes to aged care funding will cost the sector in excess of $2.5 billion over the next four years, almost $840 million more than the government has estimated, a major new analysis shows. australianageingagenda.com.au/2016/07/01/dev…
Minister Ken Wyatt is so interested in Aged Care Complaints that in the ACC Commissioner's Annual Report 2016/17 there is a section devoted to him, it reads:
Requests from the Minister
There were no requests by the Minister for formal advice from
the Commissioner.
#auspol
I wonder if Minister Ken Wyatt even read the report.
'The story of aged care is one of a cycle of failures in care and endless government inquiries - none of which confront fundamental issues or make the sort of fundamental changes that are needed to address the failures.'
insideagedcare.com/aged-care-anal…
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This all started because the #MetPolice & #LBRUT couldn't do their jobs properly & then decided to take the law into their own hands. The result of this decision has led to events stranger than fiction

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My company was raided. It should have been a straightforward matter. But the #MetPolice & #LBRUT forgot to seize my computer & came back to do a 2nd raid. The search warrant didn't permit a second entry, however, #LBRUT entered unlawfully

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1. Let's look at how global Jewry exerts pressure on Western countries to advance Jewish interests. To illustrate this, we'll need to travel to Iceland...
2. On February 1st, Iceland's parliament introduced a bill to outlaw circumcising children younger than 18-years-old. The bill was sponsored by 8 of Iceland's 63 parliament members, who spanned 5 different political parties, which represent 48% of Iceland's parliamentary seats.
3. Within just 48 hours, 422 doctors (25% of all doctors in Iceland) and 1,325 nurses signed a declaration supporting the bill. This wasn't surprising since Iceland already outlawed female circumcision in 2005 and only 21 male children have been circumcised in Iceland since then.
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UNFAITHFUL SHEPHERDS

"Many years ago, the then president of The National Council of Churches warned that the danger of the great religious awakening taking place in our country, might become fanatical and be carried into our political and business life!
"Perhaps this was a fair assessment, that is, if you conflate #Christian #Zionism with religious awakening. Unfortunately, these "fanatical" #Evangelicals have 0 faith in the #Christian religion to which they give empty lip service--while paying homage to those who hate #Christ.
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Truth Time: Mothers and Fathers on this Mothers day

1) I lost my mother to lung cancer on Feb 26 2018. I had very little contact with her over the years because she abandoned us.

She had a “Wandering” problem and a drinking problem. She also just didnt seem to care
2) My father raised us from that point on. He was a hard core WW2 veteran and a hard working man. He was flawed, but he was there when we needed him.

He provided a good hard lesson on all of us kids.

Family is all you have, love them no matter what.
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I told her if she felt she needed forgiveness not to worry
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At @CityREDI's #BrexitRegionalImpact workshop to "discuss the likely impact of Brexit on the West Midlands economy & agree on the urgent actions that need to be taken in the crucial months ahead"

Will business take a stand for #PeoplesVote or roll over?

birmingham.ac.uk/schools/busine…
It's hard to see how Brexit can be seen as anything but a disaster for the West Midlands, but I will listen to everyone and report back.
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What's really special about the CityREDI Brexit Impact studies is that they don't just cover the UK but also the rest of the EU.
BrexitImpact on the EU isn't as bad as on the UK but it's still bad. Hard to imagine maintaining good relations after this harm.
#BrexitRegionalImpact
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Anti-trans group "Transgender Trend" have released a "Schools Resource Pack" which is a toolkit that will empower the neglect of trans young people, dressed up as a scientific, well-spoken document.

I'll be going through it and breaking it down on Twitter later.
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