Vic nursing home sanctioned lack of care
Sep 19 2008
Another Victorian nursing home has been sanctioned by the Department of Health and Ageing for lack of care causing serious risk to its residents.
The 75-bed Lakes Entrance Aged Care Facility in Gippsland East is the fourth nursing home in Victoria named by the department since July.
A total of 10 nursing homes have been sanctioned nationally.
The Accreditation Agency found cases of missed medications, overmedications of paracetamol, antibiotics not given for two days and unacceptable waits for assistance, including one where a resident waited for 90 minutes to receive help going to the toilet.
Measures taken against the facility include the appointment of a specialist nurse for six months to supervise the clinical activity and suspending Commonwealth subsidies for new residents for six months.
The centre is also to be continuously monitored by the department and will have daily visits by the Accreditation Agency while the risk remains.
Health and Ageing Minister Justine Elliot said the situation at Lakes Entrance Aged Care was entirely unacceptable.
"The Australian government's first priority is the safety, health and welfare of frail and aged residents," Mrs Elliot said.
Officers from the department were meeting with the operators of the facility on Friday.
A formal meeting of residents and family members is being arranged for September 24 at the home.
The other nursing homes under sanction in Victoria are Parkdale House in Melbourne's south-east, Kirralee Residential Aged Care Facility in Ballarat, Patricia Gladwell Aged Care Home in Brunswick.
Another facility, Bridgewater Aged Care Facility in Roxburgh Park, is being monitored by the department.
SOURCE: NineMSN
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