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arlier today, health experts admitted the mystery case found in a Melbourne aged care home was extremely concerning as contact tracers frantically work to figure out how the employee caught coronavirus. Arcare Aged Care Home, in the west Melbourne suburb of Maidstone, has been in lockdown since Saturday after a worker in her 50s tested positive to coronavirus. A massive health response, including a testing blitz of all staff and resident, was launched on Sunday morning after it was revealed the woman had inadvertently worked for two days while infectious. Leading infectious diseases expert Professor and Doherty Institute Chair Sharon Lewin said the mystery case in the aged care home was concerning but Melburnians should take solace in the fact that she had received one vaccination.
Victoria has recorded five new local coronavirus cases, with locals hoping their lockdown could still be ended at midnight on Thursday.
The state is now de
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Shepparton tradies spread some Easter cheer earlier this week when they surprised their local Aged Care Home ahead of the Easter long weekend.
Wearing their signature ‘hi-vis’ attire with Easter bunny ears and decorated masks, they helped the Easter Bunny deliver chocolate treats for some of Shepparton’s finest at Menarock Life Aged Care.
Plasterers from Goulburn Valley Plaster said the idea came about during ‘smoko’, when they began thinking about this time last year, where “so many people in aged care were unable to have an Easter”.
“We really wanted to make it extra special for them this year,” General Manager Brad Parsons said.
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Subscriber only A $23.4 million aged care facility that will generate 70 jobs during construction and employ up to 90 local staff once operational is expected to get the green light. The Mackay Regional Council is expected to approve concessions for the RSL Care Bolton Clarke development in Beaconsfield, filling a gap in the needs of aged care in the city. Developer and operator Bolton Clarke, formerly RSL Care, has the existing Mackay Breezes Senior Living Community on Beaconsfield Rd which consists of 88 Independent Living Units. The company holds development approval for a further 107 ILUs, and the council on Wednesday will decide on concessions for 72 single ensuited rooms in four houses.