Health
Lack of support detailed during COVID, disability royal commission hears – The Australian
A woman with a disability went without a support worker for four days amid fears she and her husband may have been exposed to coronavirus.
- By Melissa Iaria
- NCA NewsWire
- 4:22PM August 18, 2020
A woman with a disability went without a support worker for four days amid fears she and her husband may have been exposed to coronavirus.
Tasmanian woman Tammy Milne had to rely on a friend for food and care after her support worker failed to show one afternoon because the worker might have been exposed to coronavirus.
The revelation left Ms Milne and her husband, who has a chronic illness, in shock.
“It in…
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