Published 29th July 2021
The screening advice for residential aged care facilities and home care service providers has been updated for 23 July 2021.
The key messages for this update is:
Current visitor restrictions for NSW inlcude:
Facilities located in Greater Sydney (including the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Wollongong and Shellharbour) must:
Facilities located in Orange, Blayney and Cabonne LGA's must:
For all other facilities located in NSW:
This information can change rapidly so please check the NSW Health website at least daily for updates.
As announced last week Level 5 Stay at Home Restrictions are now in place in South Australia.
Please see the updated fact sheet, which provides information for operators of Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACF) about the Level 5 Stay at Home Restrictions.
The new fact sheet (updated 22 July 2021) provides updated SA Health advice in relation to the routine swabbing of persons prior to being discharged from hospital to a RACF, and clarifies some of the other provisions of the level 5 stay at home restrictions as they relate to RACF. Please disregard previous dated versions of this factsheet.
Please continue to check Contract tracing and exposure locations as the list of exposure sites is updated.
This information will be updated on SA Health website shortly.
On Friday, 23 July 2021 Queensland Health issued Residential Aged Care Direction (No.3) which includes the following updated advice:
On Friday, 23 July 2021, the Queensland Health Residential Aged Care Facilities (COVID-19 Vaccination) Direction also came into effect which:
The COVID Vaccination Direction does not apply to private residential aged care facilities.Stay up to date on the latest advice on the Qld Health website.
The ACT CHO has issued an updated alert for ACT residential aged care facilities (RACFs). There are currently no restrictions on the number and duration of visits at ACT RACFs. You are not limited in the number of hours you can spend with your relative or friend. However, you cannot visit aged care facilities if you:
Have been in any of the following areas in the past 14 days:Have been told by a health authority (e.g. ACT Health, NSW Health, WA Health) that you need to quarantine or isolate due to recent travel or being in contact with a COVID-19 case.
If a person answers yes to any of the above questions, they must not enter the facility until 14 days after leaving the at-risk area.
Please request that any staff or visitors entering your facility wear a mask if they have been in the Shellharbour LGA in the past 14 days.The COVID-19 situation can change rapidly and as such, advice for high-risk settings is subject to change regularly. ACT Health will continue to update through these Chief Health Officer alerts.
The Department is committed to continuous improvement of consumer supports, programs and services.
You are invited to complete this short, 5-minute survey to help us evaluate the aged care COVID-19 grief and trauma response package. The survey will assess:
Who should fill in the survey?We’d like to hear from all aged care stakeholders, regardless of your awareness/involvement in the package. This survey is intended to capture the aged care provider experience, so is for:
Background on the package:The emotional and psychological impacts of COVID-19 right across the aged care sector have caused grief and trauma for many. The Australian Government has funded a Grief and Trauma Response Package (the Package) to provide grief and trauma support and resources to aged care recipients, their loved ones and the aged care staff.
Complete the survey by 16 August 2021.
There will be a subsequent survey to capture the perspective of older people and their loved ones.
If you have any questions about the survey, please email: HealthConsult Project Manager Amy Monk via or the department's project team .
Source:Unknown Author, 2021, Department of Health (https://www.health.gov.au/)
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