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I’m terrified my staff are going numb,” says Sarah, a Director of Nursing, on aged care’s compliance theatre. According to Sarah, unrealistic goals and endless forms are hurting both residents and staff.
US-based sexologist and psychologist Dr Nathalie Huitema says it’s time to normalise sexuality in older adults, reinforcing that any beliefs over it being a “complex” issue are only that way because society makes it so.
Aged care’s Inspector-General has tabled a scathing report into the complexities and “maze-like conditions” of My Aged Care.
The Federal government’s $3 billion capital injection into residential bed building is a start. But sector leaders say trusting and listening to industry, to land policy well, has a long way to go.
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