A warning that residents in a nursing home faced a "possible catastrophic clinical event" was not provided to government assessors who renewed the facility's accreditation, the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety heard.
It was threatened with the loss of its accreditation, including its entitlement to government funding, if it didn't immediately appoint an external specialist nurse adviser and an administrator.The nursing home met 44 out of 44 outcomes required despite warnings made by the external specialists to the company's owner.
He said the process raised questions about whether "any other sanctions, measures should be available for aged care regulators". Ansell had warned earlier this year of a "lack of robust clinical processes and reporting provides an ongoing risk for the home, including the risk, of 'a possible catastrophic clinical event'," Mr Knowles said.
"It is reasonable to expect that such transparency and candour will be given. Unfortunately, however, it cannot be assumed as a given."
juliepower The inques should be in the religious scam.... they are in this to scam state funds only
juliepower It's a tragedy in 🇦🇺 Australia 🇦🇺 in 2019 that it takes a Royal Commission to expose incompetent disasters & a potentially lethal neglect of people of all ages who are largely involuntarily patients in Nursing Homes.