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Australia: Deaths in Perth nursing home underscore aged care crisis Police are reportedly investigating the death, on April 6, of an 89-year-old female resident at Regis Healthcare Limited’s Nedlands Aged Care home in the Western Australian capital of Perth. The death followed those of two other residents in the past three months that were the subject of police investigation and reports of neglect and abuse. One was 86-year-old Brian Hunter, who died on January 20. Two days before Christmas, according to an investigation by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s “7.30” program, he ...

The story behind Regis Nedlands' shocking failures to meet basic aged care standards Posted WedWednesday 24 updated FriFriday 26 Share Print text only Cancel Dik, Brian and Vera's families paid top dollar for them to live at a "lovely" nursing home, but damning reports from the aged care regulator and allegations by a group of trainee nurses tell another story. WARNING: THIS STORY CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES It was two days before Christmas last year when Lea Hammond received a call from her father's nursing home in Perth saying an ambulance was taking him to hospital. There was a heatwave that ...