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Quality Care
The Quality Care campaign is a national campaign being run in the aged care industry by the Health Services Union.
It began in response to overwhelming concerns among members working in the area about excessive workloads and unsafe working environments.
The aims of the Quality Care campaign include the introduction for the first time of minimum safe staffing levels in all aged care facilities and improvements in safety levels.
The Federal Government and employers have repeatedly refused to introduce minimum staffing levels into aged care facilities despite the evidence that they would improve health standards and give residents and their families a basic guarantee of care.
All members of the union whether they work in aged care or not can get involved in this historic campaign.
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Quality Care News
Aged care complaints on the rise - 09 January 2006
The Health Services Union has called for urgent changes in aged care after new figures showed more than 1000 people complained about services in the past year. ...
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Terrible staffing levels in Victorian aged care facility - 15 December 2005
The lack of staffing standards in aged care has led to residents suffering at a Victorian hostel. ...
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Terrible staffing leads to poor care at Victorian aged care facility - 06 October 2005
Flaws in the staffing and scrutiny of aged care facilities have again been exposed with a Victorian home found to be in such poor condition that residents were exposed to a serious health and safety risk. ...
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Staff in the dark about scabies outbreak - 25 August 2005
Knox Private Hospital in Melbourne today confirmed that they have treated up to 30 of their staff members for scabies in the last two weeks. ...
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Inquiry confirms the claims of HSU members in aged care - 24 June 2005
The Health Services Union today called on the Federal Government to implement the recommendations of a Senate inquiry which has found that new staffing standards are necessary to improve the care of residents. ...
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Background Information
The Nursing Homes We Deserve? - 08 January 2004
Here is an opinion piece on nursing homes written by the national secretary of the HSU, Craig Thomson, for the Herald Sun newspaper:...
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Letter to the union from Aged Care Minister Kevin Andrews - 11 August 2003
The Aged Care Minister Kevin Andrews has written to the union rejecting calls for the introduction of minimum staffing levels which would improve care for the elderly....
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The HSUA minimum staffing levels - 08 July 2003
Here is an explanation of how the HSUA ratios are set and what the appropriate levels are for each part of a high care or low care facility....
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Aged Care Staff Survey Results - 08 July 2003
Before embarking on the Quality Care Campaign HSUA members working in Aged Care around the country were asked their views on the state of the industry and what needed to be done....
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Why We Need Minimum Staffing Levels in Nursing Homes - 08 July 2003
Elderly Australians deserve the best possible care they can get but at the moment there is no guarantee of that in nursing homes. ...
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