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, Chatswood,

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and

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and a closed aged care facility in Toukley in March 2018. There were complaints about staffing levels at its

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facility in 2018. The company introduced a new policy, called "Respecting Night Time for Residents - Etiquette Guidelines" in 2018 so staff no longer look in on residents overnight. The company says this is "a very positive initiative as part of our dementia strategy," and is "based on clinical best practice and have been developed in response to resident and family feedback". The

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say it is "obviously just a mechanism to cope with a reduction in staff". The company lost about a sixth of its value in September 2018 when the government announced a public inquiry into misconduct in the aged care sector and the

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produced a two-part documentary focusing on alleged neglect and abuse of older people.

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