COVID influencing facility design, say aged care CEOs

Published 22nd October 2020

The residential aged care sector may need to reconsider its design and resident capacity to ensure facilities maintain a home-like and COVID-safe environment, an aged care conference has heard.

A panel of aged and healthcare care chief executive officers from across the globe shared their experiences with how their nations and facilities are coping with COVID at the LASA Ten Days of Congress conference on Monday.

The panel were asked whether aged care facilities should continue to be built with a large number of beds in light of the current pandemic.

To read the full article, please visit the Australia Ageing Agenda website.

Source:
Sandy Cheu, 2020, Australian Ageing Agenda (https://www.australianageingagenda.com.au)