Rest home staff oblivious to woman’s decline: HDC

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Rest home staff oblivious to woman’s decline: HDC

Aged care
A rest home’s “suboptimal care” resulted in a woman spending her final days in pain, nausea and discomfort, says deputy health and disability commissioner Rose Wall
“The woman asked for help going to the toilet but was told by a nurse to ‘pee into a pad’” Multiple failures and “a pattern of suboptimal care”