There were more than 3,700 assaults in Australian nursing homes in the past financial year — and that excludes incidents when residents attacked each other, a royal commission is told.
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Allegations of abuse heard on first day of Aged Care Royal Commission | Sky News AustraliaAllegations of abuse, mistreatment and over-medication have been heard on the first day of the Aged Care Royal Commission in Adelaide.\n\nBarbara Spriggs, whose husband Bob died when he was a patient at the now-closed Older Persons Mental Health facility at Oakden in February 2016, was the first to give evidence. \n\nShe claims her husband was over-medicated and abused during his stay. \n\n\n\n\n
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