Australian Government Acts on Yarra Valley Nursing Home
27 March 2009
Last night (March 26), the Australian Government imposed sanctions on Yarra Valley Nursing Home at Yarra Junction in rural Victoria – citing serious risk to the health, safety and well being of its nursing home residents.
The independent Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency identified serious risk to the health, safety and well being of residents – on a review audit conducted at the nursing home between March 17 and March 25.
This followed concerns about the aged care facilities failing to fix non-compliance which were first identified in October 2008.
The aged care facilities were given until February 6 to fix their problems, but failed to do so.
However, compliance action had to be suspended when the home and the adjacent hostel were evacuated during the bushfires. Residents were evacuated on February 22 and were returned on March 9.
The Accreditation Agency found that the aged care facilities had:
- failed to remedy non-compliance identified in October 2008 and a continuing decline in compliance with standards since that date;
- insufficient qualified staff;
- inadequate provision of clinical care;
- inadequate pain management;
- inadequate nutrition and hydration;
- ineffective and inadequate behaviour management; and
- residents’ privacy and dignity were compromised by staff practices.
SOURCE: Department of Health
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