PHOTO: KAREN PASCOAn aged-care worker told of the shame she felt when family members of people she was caring for complained about the state they found their loved ones in when they came to visit. She spoke at a meeting in Invercargill yesterday organised by the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) and union Etu, at which a petition was launched to garner support for mandatory minimum staffing regulations for residential aged-care facilities. Aged-care workers put their lives on hold to give other people’s loved ones care and support, she said. or any one of your whanau, you would want their care to be the best possible care that can be provided. The petition asks Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and the New Zealand House of Representatives to support mandatory minimum safe staffing regulations for aged residential care facilities and would be presented next month, she said.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 06, 2021 16:30 UTC