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Aged care residents treated ‘second class’ – Cessnock Advertiser
Aged care staff on the coronavirus front line are battling grief and personal protective equipment shortages while residents are treated as second-class citiz…
Aged care staff on the coronavirus front line are battling grief and personal protective equipment shortages while residents are treated as second-class citizens, a royal commission has heard.
Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation secretary Annie Butler said workers had detailed “incredible breaches” of infection control.
“We had members tell us they could only use one glove rather than two,” Ms Butler said on Wednesday during aged care royal commission hearings.
“Members (have been) to…
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