{"id":198,"date":"2019-10-18T09:00:34","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T09:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourrighttoknow.com.au\/?p=198"},"modified":"2020-09-08T10:24:58","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T00:24:58","slug":"abuse-and-neglect-in-aged-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourrighttoknow.com.au\/media-freedom\/abuse-and-neglect-in-aged-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Abuse and neglect in aged care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There were more than 4,000 reports of assaults in aged care homes last year, but the government won&#8217;t tell us whether they were by staff, residents or if any led to convictions.<\/p>\n<p>Requests to the Minister and the Department of Health for information were refused.<\/p>\n<p>There are thousands of complaints made every year about our elderly in aged care homes being abused, neglected and chemically restrained, but the government won&#8217;t tell us which facilities because of the &#8216;privacy&#8217; of home owners.<\/p>\n<p>So how can you choose a home for your loved one?<\/p>\n<p>The public wants to know what the staffing ratios are inside our aged care homes but the government is fighting attempts to make staff numbers public.<\/p>\n<p>More information:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/4corners\/who-cares\/10258290\">https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/4corners\/who-cares\/10258290<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/4corners\/who-cares-part-two\/10300264\">https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/4corners\/who-cares-part-two\/10300264<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There were more than 4,000 reports of assaults in aged care homes last year, but the government won&#8217;t tell us whether they were by staff, residents or if any led to convictions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.9 - 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