Virtus Health has appointed Shane Solomon to its Board as a Non-Executive Director. He was previously Group Chief Executive Officer at Mercy Health and Aged Care Victoria.
May 28, 2018
A 95-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after his female carer died when she suffered head injuries. It is thought that her injuries were sustained at a residential address where she was working as a carer. The 95-year-old has been taken to hospital as a precaution due to a pre-existing condition where he will remain pending transfer to a location where his complex health and care needs can be managed. Reports have emerged that he was suffering from dementia. Police have bailed him while enquiries continue.
May 25, 2018
She was a 55-year-old patient in a nursing home who had difficulty moving or speaking and had to use adult diapers. But the multiple stroke victim was molested by a 34-year-old man who worked in the home. On Tuesday (May 22), after a 14-day trial, the man was sentenced to 22 months in jail and three strokes of the cane on one count of outraging a woman’s modesty. The victim, now 57, the man, as well as the nursing home cannot be named due to a gag order.
April 27, 2018
A 77-year-old man has died in hospital after being struck repeatedly by a fellow resident in a dementia residential home. The suspect, whose initials are P.S., is currently being kept in custody that can last up to 30 days. The victim, Z.K., died from a brain hemorrhage. P.S. assaulted Z.K. after an altercation over a TV remote control, “as they were unable to agree on which program to watch.”
September 25, 2017
A personal support worker caught on video repeatedly punching an elderly man in the head apologized to the man’s family, saying he would accept whatever sentence the court decided. Jie Xiao pleaded guilty in July to one count of assault in connection with the attack four months earlier on 89-year-old Georges Karam. Xiao, speaking in Mandarin through a translator at his sentencing hearing Thursday, told Karam’s family he was “deeply sorry for what I did.” Xiao, a 44-year-old permanent resident, told the court he did not intend to hurt Karam, but that in that moment he failed to remember his duty to his client. “I have used the wrong way of doing things,” he said.
August 21, 2017
A former employee of a residential care home made her first appearance in court today. The 35-year-old is charged with distributing intimate images without consent. She and four other employees allegedly posted the images on Snapchat.
July 18, 2017
An employee of a care home allegedly photographed residents without their consent and shared the image with her fellow co-workers on social media, police said. The alleged incidents came to light when a staff member came forward about the conduct of five fellow colleagues.
