Ageing Consultative Committee discusses missing residents and infectious outbreaks

New reporting procedures on residents, who inexplicably go missing from nursing homes, and new measures on infectious disease outbreaks in facilities, were among the topics for discussion by the Federal Government’s Ageing Consultative Committee. 

The second meeting of the group took place in Canberra on 21 August.  

The revamped industry advisory committee was set up by the Minister for Ageing, Mrs Justine Elliot, to improve dialogue with the sector, workforce and representatives of older Australians.  

Mrs Elliot announced the new measures on missing residents from nursing homes and new measures on responding to infectious disease outbreaks in nursing homes on 2 June and 15 July respectively, and the committee was briefed on the progress and the implementation plans. 

In addition, accreditation and quality in nursing homes and nursing in aged care were also scheduled for discussion at the consultative committee.  

The Ageing Consultative Committee includes commercial and not-for-profit aged care providers, consumer groups, professional and union bodies.