Heritage Care Pty Ltd

	Heritage Care Pty Ltd Heritage Care Pty Ltd is a for-profit nursing home management company, based in Australia. Its chief executive is Greg Reeve. It has a portfolio of 10 nursing homes in NSW and Victoria. As of August 2020, the company is divided in ownership between Peter Arvanitis, his wife Areti Arvanitis, who jointly own one half; while the other belongs to Tony Antonopoulos. Peter is the founder of Australian aged care giant Estia Health, however as of 2016 no longer holds an ownership stake in Estia. Mismanagement allegations Epping Gardens facility Abusive and inept Staff Staff of Heritage Care at the Epping Gardens Aged Care home have been publicly accused of abusing residents. It was reported in The Age that a family member had claimed a staff member had yelled at her 95 year old mother so badly, that she had retreated to her room and 'vomited violently'. The Age also reported that a deceased resident had been left to lie on the floor for 26 hours, while mishandling phone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Nursing Home A nursing home is a facility for the residential care of elderly or disabled people. Nursing homes may also be referred to as skilled nursing facility (SNF) or long-term care facilities. Often, these terms have slightly different meanings to indicate whether the institutions are public or private, and whether they provide mostly assisted living, or nursing care and emergency medical care. Nursing homes are used by people who do not need to be in a hospital, but cannot be cared for at home. The nursing home facility nurses have the responsibilities of caring for the patients' medical needs and also the responsibility of being in charge of other employees, depending on their ranks. Most nursing homes have nursing aides and skilled nurses on hand 24 hours a day. In the United States, while nearly 1 in 10 residents age 75 to 84 stays in a nursing home for five or more years, nearly 3 in 10 residents in that age group stay less than 100 days, the maximum duration covered by Medicare, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	The Sydney Morning Herald ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily compact newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and owned by Nine. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia and "the most widely-read masthead in the country." The newspaper is published in compact print form from Monday to Saturday as ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' and on Sunday as its sister newspaper, '' The Sun-Herald'' and digitally as an online site and app, seven days a week. It is considered a newspaper of record for Australia. The print edition of ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' is available for purchase from many retail outlets throughout the Sydney metropolitan area, most parts of regional New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and South East Queensland. Overview ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' publishes a variety of supplements, including the magazines ''Good Weekend'' (included in the Saturday edition of ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Aged Care In Australia Aged care in Australia (also known as elderly care), is the provision of services to meet the unique needs of older people in Australia. It includes both residential aged care (Nursing Homes, nursing homes) as well as services provided in the home such as personal care, domestic assistance, home nursing, nutrition and meal preparation, respite services, continence management, mobility & dexterity assistance, transport, social support and the provision of equipment and aids. In Australia, many aged care services are subsidised by the Department of Health (Australia), Department of Health to help keep costs manageable and affordable. Australians who are eligible for government subsidies to help fund the costs of aged care services will still be expected to contribute to the cost of services if they can afford to. Ageing Population in Australia Australia’s population is getting older, due to longer life expectancy and low fertility rates. Results of the 2016 national census show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Richard Colbeck Richard Mansell Colbeck (born 5 April 1958) is an Australian politician. He has been a Senator for Tasmania since 2018, representing the Liberal Party, and served a previous term in the Senate from 2002 to 2016. Colbeck served as the Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services and Minister for Sport in the Second Morrison Ministry from December 2020 until May 2022, following the appointment of the Albanese ministry. Previous to this, he was the Minister for Aged Care and Minister for Youth and Sport since May 2019. Colbeck was first elected at the 2001 federal election, and was a parliamentary secretary in the Howard Government. Colbeck served as the Minister Assisting the Minister for Trade and Investment and the Minister for Tourism and International Education in the Turnbull Government from 2015 to 2016, but was defeated at the 2016 election. He returned to the Senate following a recount after Stephen Parry was disqualified during the parliamentary elig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Bupa Bupa , legally British United Provident Association Limited, is an international health insurance and healthcare group with over 38 million customers worldwide. Bupa's origins and global headquarters are in the United Kingdom. Its main countries of operation are: Australia, Spain, the United Kingdom, Chile, Poland, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Turkey, Brazil, Ireland, Mexico and the United States. It also has a presence across Latin America, the Middle East and Asia, including joint ventures in Saudi Arabia and India.Full Year Results Presentation 2021 Bupa is a private company limited by guarantee . It has no shareholders and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Aged Care Act 1997 The ''Aged Care Act 1997'' (Cth) is an Act of the Parliament of Australia, which regulates aged care in Australia, in particular services paid for by the government. The Act It sets out rules on funding, regulation, approval of providers, subsidies and fees, standards, quality of care,rights of people receiving care and non-compliance. It is the basis of the proposed Aged Care Code of Conduct which is to come into effect on 1 December 2022. This requires approved providers, aged care workers (including contractors) and governing persons to meet a series of obligations: When providing care, supports and services to people, I must: act with respect for people’s rights to freedom of expression, self-determination and decision-making in accordance with applicable laws and conventions; act in a way that treats people with dignity and respect, and values their diversity; act with respect for the privacy of people; provide care, supports and services in a safe and competent m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Gerard Hayes Gerard is a masculine forename of Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other Germanic name, early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this case, those constituents are ''gari'' > ''ger-'' (meaning 'spear') and -''hard'' (meaning 'hard/strong/brave'). Common forms of the name are Gerard (English, Scottish, Irish, Dutch language, Dutch, Polish language, Polish and Catalan language, Catalan); Gerrard (English, Scottish, Irish); Gerardo (Italian language, Italian, and Spanish language, Spanish); Geraldo (name), Geraldo (Portuguese language, Portuguese); Gherardo (Italian language, Italian); Gherardi (Italian language, Northern Italian, now only a surname); Gérard (variant forms ''Girard'' and ''Guérard'', now only surnames, French language, French); Gearóid (Irish language, Irish); Gerhardt and Gerhart/Gerhard/Gerhardus (German language, G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]