Hi all,
This is not a pretty story but it could happen to any of us at some stage and I
think it needs to be supported.
Thanks and Kind Regards, Ros.
From: Heather Mansell Brown via Change.org
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2017 9:36 AM
To: rossackley@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: TriCare
"TriCare is shamefully putting profits ahead of residents"
Roslyn -- The stories of abuse and neglect in
aged care are 'rampant', and ABC 7.30 have just reported on more 'failings' of
the system.
Heather's petition asks for urgent action to stop
aged care neglect after her husband's 'dehumanising' care. Sign now.
"My husband Bill, who has dementia, was left on a
veranda covered in his own faeces, for residents and visitors to see....
TriCare is shamefully putting profits ahead of residents."
Demand an end to aged care negligence
Sign Heather's petition now
I hope when you get old there are enough staff to
care for you.
My husband Bill, who has dementia, was left on a
veranda covered in his own faeces, for residents and visitors to see.
In May 2015 I was called in to his aged care
facility to help clean him due to lack of staff.
It’s not the fault of the nursing staff on shift
– they are wonderful and are working very hard. But there simply aren’t enough
of them to deliver the care the residents deserve.
Then just last month I was told of blood on his
sheets. He had been wearing a urine soaked pad for 12 hours which had caused
the skin on his scrotum to tear and bleed.
I trusted TriCare, a multimillion-dollar company,
when I reluctantly put him into aged care. I couldn’t look after him by myself
anymore.
It’s dehumanising - my husband worked for tourism
for years, he was a passionate fisherman - a typical Aussie bloke.
Many nursing homes right across Australia are
grossly understaffed. TriCare employs only a few staff to look after 24
patients.
It’s dangerous and irresponsible.
Many Australians may not realise that unlike
childcare and schools, there is no law that sets minimum nurse-to-resident
ratios in aged care facilities - leaving vulnerable dementia patients like Bill
exposed.
TriCare is choosing how to allocate taxpayer
funding within their facilities and shamefully putting profits ahead of
residents. In 2013, the O’Shea family, which owns TriCare, was reported as
number 43 on Queensland’s top 150 rich list. Media reports at the time claimed
they had a net worth of $335 million which was an increase of $73 million from
2013.
They can afford to employ more nursing staff to
look after those vulnerable Australians in their care.
We are calling on the Senate Inquiry into the
Future of Australia's Aged Care Sector Workforce to recommend mandated
nurse-to-patient ratios now.
Sign Heather Mansell Brown's Petition
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