Published: May 08, 2019
Royal commission hears from family of Mrs CO, given ‘heavy duty’ drug without consent
A Sydney nursing home has been accused at the aged care royal commission of “gaming” the system by pushing inappropriate treatments on to elderly residents to elevate them into more lucrative funding categories.
The royal commission is on Wednesday considering the case of an 85-year-old woman known as Mrs CO, a resident at the Anglicare-run Brian King Gardens in Castle Hill. Her daughters gave evidence they were not informed about a “new physiotherapy routine for pain management” for their mother.
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