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Regulator worried about ‘concerning spike’ in neglect cases, which advocates say are the result of workforce shortages

Inflated compliance ratings spark concerns providers are being prioritised and families misled

"You get to the point (where) there's all these people who need care and we don't have enough staff ... what do we actually do with those people?"

A report seen by the ABC shows Baptistcare Bethel in Albany WA, where 70-year-old Monica Mary Stockdale was allegedly murdered, had been given an exemption for its latest audit due to "exceptional circumstance" related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The aged care royal commission raised serious concerns about the quality of care inside some of Australia's nursing homes. One year later, five families who have had loved ones at a home in Melbourne say "nothing's changed".

The aged care centre south of Brisbane that is at the centre of Queensland's deadliest COVID-19 outbreak is being accused of neglecting a woman in her 70s with a history of anxiety and depression who fell from a balcony after not receiving her medication on time.

The aged care watchdog identifies residents at the Jeta Gardens nursing home in Logan, south of Brisbane, to be at "immediate and severe risk" amid a COVID-19 outbreak.

A Queensland nursing home where dozens of residents and staff have been infected with COVID-19 is the subject of a non-compliance notice for failing to meet aged care quality standards, including one relating to its COVID-19 outbreak management plan.