Four Corners gains almost 300,000 viewers for aged care special
Part one of a Four Corners special investigation into Australian aged care facilities achieved 755,000 metro viewers, making it the most watched program in its time slot.
The show, which this week investigated the treatment of the elderly in aged care homes ahead of the new Royal Commission inquiry, boosted Four Corners’ audience by 299,000 compared to last week.
Four Corners attracted more than 700,000 metro viewers for the first part of the series
I have been doing aged care work as PCA/AIN for 24 years what I find is lacking is staff who understand and know how to treat people with dementia.
I got jobs for years on my experience one of my first jobs was a dementia specific ward that was on the 90s and I virtually had no training. I was 47 though do had life experience even though that was office work.
My last couple of care jobs were in retirement villages I did morning shifts and sleepovers. I didn’t have Cert III Aged Support so I got it only two Australians in the class. The teacher said I would like to go more in-depth with the subjects but with most people here there English is bad and they wouldn’t understand. They have answers to all questions so no one had to think about anything. Dementia isnt addresses enough and feel bad for all dementia patients in nursing homes. No point saying more nurses needed it’s the carers who do bulk of the work. Nurses give medication and write reports.
The last couple of nursing homes I’ve been in visiting people or working enough staff – staff do their job but most from other countries and you can tell don’t really care about residents.
I now look after a woman on her own home as didn’t want to work in a nursing home and I’m keeping her out of a nursing home. I said to my sisters if I ever need a nursing home shoot me
I had a sister in nursing home in QLD. My sister had schizophrenia and after 2 1/2 years she died of liver and kidney failure . She was not happy there and would scream a lot, wanted to go home, so they would medicate her to keep her quiet. I had staff telling me that they have not enough staff to care for residence. When I called to speak to my sister, very often they didn’t answer tha phone. I have complained to a number organizations for seniors and nothing was done, I would never put my self in any aged care place.
Who do you think you are …?
Making us look like shit,!!
I dont know anyone on our team that would act like that.. Absolutey heartbreaking for us that care xx!!