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• Aged care residents found to be at greater risk in for-profit homes than government-run ones

  15-11-2020 17:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Study reveals government-run homes dramatically outperform those run by for-profit operators and not-for-profit groupsAged care residents are up to twice as likely to suffer from serious injuries in a for-profit home as in a government-run one, a study released on Sunday by the royal commission investigating the sector has found.The study, described by the aged care royal commission as the most comprehensive ever undertaken, paints a grim picture of the state of private-sector aged care, reveali
  
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• South Australia records three new local Covid cases linked to hotel quarantine worker

  15-11-2020 07:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Chief public heath officer says importation from quarantine hotels is Australia’s highest risk as worker infects family members
  South Australia has three new cases of locally acquired Covid-19 after a worker from a quarantine hotel infected family members.An 80-year-old woman was diagnosed on Saturday after she went to Adelaide’s Lyell McEwin hospital for a test, chief public health officer Nicola Spurrier said.Related: Foreign investors and actors not bound by ‘Australians fir
  
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