Dr Sarah Russell

Dr Sarah Russell is a public health researcher. She is the Principal Researcher at Research Matters and Chair of Progressives of the Peninsula. She was formerly the Director, Aged Care Matters.
El Cheapo Aged Care: why the Coalition’s make-work schemes won’t work

El Cheapo Aged Care: why the Coalition’s make-work schemes won’t work

The best interests of older people are not uppermost in this government’s thinking. Referring to older people ...
Coalition Spin Kings: real reform in aged care trumped by re-announcements and a deluge of cash

Coalition Spin Kings: real reform in aged care trumped by re-announcements and a deluge of cash

The federal Health Department has learnt a thing or two from Scotty from Marketing. It has just announced version ...
Yes, Minister: aged care, it’s not my fault

Yes, Minister: aged care, it’s not my fault

Ministerial responsibility is dead. With the refusal of Aged Care Minister Richard Colbeck to accept ...
No strings attached: aged care providers have the Coalition wrapped around their little fingers

No strings attached: aged care providers have the Coalition wrapped around their little fingers

Locking out visitors has made it difficult for staff to meet the daily care needs of aged care residents. What an ...
Tone deaf: aged care providers’ PR campaign strikes wrong note

Tone deaf: aged care providers’ PR campaign strikes wrong note

Hiring properly qualified staff, staff-resident ratios and a commitment to be transparent and accountable for the ...
Covid-19 aged care guidelines: ‘They’re not a national plan. This is a plan!’

Covid-19 aged care guidelines: ‘They’re not a national plan. This is a plan!’

Dr Sarah Russell critically examines two documents that Scott Morrison asserts were the federal government’s ...
Covid-19 tragedy in aged care: whose side is the Coalition government on?

Covid-19 tragedy in aged care: whose side is the Coalition government on?

The numerous inquiries, reviews and consultations over the years have provided mounds of evidence of negligence, ...
Passing the Buck: why Victoria’s Covid is raging in private aged care homes

Passing the Buck: why Victoria’s Covid is raging in private aged care homes

The deaths of 80 elderly people are imminent as a result of COVID-19 spreading through private aged care homes. ...
Lendlease puts 100-year-old WWII survivor through the retirement village wringer

Lendlease puts 100-year-old WWII survivor through the retirement village wringer

Lendlease relied on a technicality to refuse to refund 100-year-old Egon Pedersen his $270,000 bond, making a ...
Aged care operators exploit lockdown to squeeze more grants from Government

Aged care operators exploit lockdown to squeeze more grants from Government

Families are more worried their nursing home relatives will die of neglect than coronavirus yet aged care ...
Are political donations protecting Bupa’s aged care licence?

Are political donations protecting Bupa’s aged care licence?

British aged care giant Bupa gets half a billion dollars of Australian taxpayer funding, has been pinged for elder ...
Government caves in to a “few big interests”, ignores Aged Care Inquiry reforms

Government caves in to a “few big interests”, ignores Aged Care Inquiry reforms

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