It Is Time For Community ActionSee Below For Our Aims And Simple Ways You Can Help Speak Out Now and Ensure Your Future Late Life Needs Will Be Met and ThoseOf All Those Who Are Currently In Aged Care Facilities TodayFour Corners aired some truths about Australian Aged Care on Monday 1st JunePhone or Email Us TodayFor Easy Ways You Can Register Your Concern And Create ChangePh: 07 3342 3496 Our Aim |
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Mission Statement To Seek Ways The Community Can Assist In Protecting At Risk Care Recipients In Residential Care Facilities And Develop Strategies To Improve Their Quality Of Life |
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We Raise Public Awareness By Providing
Education - - Advocacy - - Counselling - - Public Speaking
Daniel’s Shield is a not for profit organization and registered charity operating as an arm of Community Outreach Ministries |
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This Story Motivated the Formation Of
Assistant Nurses often work prior to obtaining any qualifications. They receive very basic nursing training and are not qualified to attend to all clinical and medication needs of patients. A 90 year old dying man was not examined by a Registered (qualified) Nurse for at least twelve hours leading up to his death. During his short stay in the home he developed a very painful pressure ulcer on his lower spine. Failure of staff to toilet or reposition him for many hours at a time caused this injury. In the hours leading up to his death he was unable to swallow oral medication but, in the absence of qualified staff, was not provided with any alternative pain relief. He was conscious most of this time. When he died, it took the family in excess of twenty minutes to be able to locate any staff to come and attend to their father's needs. His body was signed over to the undertaker by an untrained carer as no registered nurse was on duty. Complaints to the Govt. Dpt of Health and Ageing regarding the staffing in this facility was ineffective and this level of staffing has been endorsed by the Department of Health and Ageing |
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| Daniel O'Donnell, a popular Irish singer, was a favorite performer of the gentleman referred to in our central story. Daniel of Biblical fame, fought the lion - and the government of the day - and won! | Daniel's Shield honors Daniel O'Donnell's ministry of music to the family of the deceased and seeks the courage of the Biblical Daniel to fight against the abuse of our elderly in care. |