An elderly resident in an increasingly substandard Australian aged care facility has been hospitalised after maggots were found in his head. The disturbing discovery comes months after Bupa's Eden facility, on the New South Wales far south coast, was sanctioned by the Australian government because residents were at "immediate and severe risk". Federal Aged Care Minister Ken Wyatt said it was "totally unacceptable and concerning" the facility had a resident with maggots in a wound so quickly after it was inspected by the newly beefed-up regulator the Aged Care Safety and Quality Commission. Results from government inspections show a decline in standards at the Eden facility over the past few years. "Australia expects aged care providers to shape up and provide the level of care that is needed."

Source: Stuff March 12, 2019 09:33 UTC