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Catholic sector warns of Covid blindspot if community aged care workers left out of vaccine mandate

Date Time Share Catholic Health Australia The largest grouping of non-government aged care providers urges National Cabinet to extend the mandatory vaccination of the aged care workforce to include workers providing home-based aged care and support services or risk leaving a COVID-19 blind spot open. Catholic Health Australia, which represents not for profit residential and home-based aged care service providers, urges National Cabinet to close the loophole, noting that this has taken on increased urgency with the spread of the more infectious Delta variant. CHA has confirmed that the mandate announced by the National Cabinet on Monday does not cover the around 150,000 workers who go into the community to care for around one million older Australians in their own homes. It only applies to workers in residential aged care homes.

Obvious blind spot : Home care workers left out of mandatory vaccine plan

‘Obvious blind spot’: Home care workers left out of mandatory vaccine plan We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement Leading aged care providers say there’s a blind spot in the Commonwealth’s plan to have all residential aged care workers vaccinated by September and urged National Cabinet to extend mandatory vaccinations to home care workers as well. Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on Monday evening that it would become mandatory for all residential aged care workers to have at least one vaccination by September, in order to further protect the vulnerable aged care resident population.

Catholic sector warns govt failure to accept key Royal Commission recommendation will put aged care homes under greater pressure

Catholic sector warns govt failure to accept key Royal Commission recommendation will put aged care homes under greater pressure
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Live and let die

Now, those same forces are seeking to prevent the terminally ill in NSW from having the same compassionate end-of-life options as the rest of the country. Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) legislation is back on NSW parliament’s agenda to give terminally ill citizens the right to a dignified, medically-assisted death, at a time and place of their choosing. Although the usual scare campaign is underway, it not packing the same punch as it once did. After decades of public demand and relentless advocacy by organisations, such as Dying With Dignity,  NSW, is one of the few states left to legislate for it.

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