Tell your politician that you want aged care staff ratio laws
Tell your politician that you want aged care staff ratio laws
Our parents and grandparents deserve the quality of care that they once gave to us but all across Australia people like Ruby are suffering because of chronic understaffing.
The government has no nurse/carer to resident ratio law for aged care, like we have in childcare. Staff ratio laws would mean that our loved ones would have at least a minimum number of nurses and carers on every shift...
There’s been a tragic increase in preventable deaths of Australians in aged care over the last decade with hundreds dying from falls, choking and suicide.
Many of our family members in aged care, especially the ones who are considered high care, are left unfed, unwashed and even in soiled pads for hours because some nurses are forced to look after 95 residents on their own. This is causing an increasing number of residents to fall through the cracks and we won’t ignore it any longer.
Every day we don’t have ratio laws is another day we risk losing more people like Ruby to preventable accidents. It’s time to act for Ruby.
Sign your name below and we’ll send a letter to your local politician to let them know we want staff ratio laws for aged care.
Our Supporters
Federal MPs and Candidates who have committed to ratios in aged care
Member for Grayndler, New South Wales
Anthony Albanese
Australian Labor Party
Candidate for Brisbane, Queensland
Andrew Bartlett
Australian Greens
Candidate for Flynn, Queensland
Zac Beers
Australian Labor Party
Member for McMahon, New South Wales
Chris Bowen
Australian Labor Party
Candidate for Bonner, Queensland
Jo Briskey
Australian Labor Party
Member for Griffith, Queensland
Terri Butler
Australian Labor Party
Senator for New South Wales
Doug Cameron
Australian Labor Party
Candidate for Robertson, New South Wales
Anne Charlton
Australian Labor Party
Senator for Queensland
Anthony Chisholm
Australian Labor Party
Candidate for Reid, New South Wales
Sam Crosby
Australian Labor Party
Candidate for Page, New South Wales
Patrick Deegan
Australian Labor Party
Member for Oxley, Queensland
Milton Dick
Australian Labor Party
Member for Richmond, New South Wales
Justine Elliot
Australian Labor Party
Candidate for Leichhardt, Queensland
Elida Faith
Australian Labor Party
Candidate for Banks, New South Wales
Chris Gambian
Australian Labor Party
Candidate for Forde, Queensland
Des Hardman
Australian Labor Party
Member for Bass, Tasmania
Ross Hart
Australian Labor Party
Senator for Victoria
Derryn Hinch
Justice Party
Member for Eden-Monaro, New South Wales
Mike Kelly
Australian Labor Party
Member for Longman, Queensland
Susan Lamb
Australian Labor Party
Member for Lyons, Tasmania
Brian Mitchell
Australian Labor Party
Senator for Queensland
Claire Moore
Australian Labor Party
Candidate for Petrie, Queensland
Corinne Mulholland
Australian Labor Party
Member for Herbert, Queensland
Cathy O'Toole
Australian Labor Party
Member for Moreton, Queensland
Graham Perrett
Australian Labor Party
Candidate for Gilmore, New South Wales
Fiona Phillips
Australian Labor Party
Candidate for Capricornia, Queensland
Russell Robertson
Australian Labor Party
Member for Lilley, Queensland
Wayne Swan
Australian Labor Party
Senator for Queensland
Murray Watt
Australian Labor Party
Candidate for Lilley, Queensland
Anika Wells
Australian Labor Party
Member for Denison, Tasmania
Andrew Wilkie
Independent
Member for Parramatta, New South Wales
Julie Owens
Australian Labor Party
Member for Macquarie, New South Wales
Susan Templeman
Australian Labor Party
Senator for Victoria
Richard Di Natale
Australian Greens
Candidate for Page, New South Wales
Daniel Reid
Australian Greens
Candidate for Hinkler, Queensland
Richard Pascoe
Australian Labor Party
Candidate for Warringah, New South Wales
Dean Harris
Australian Labor Party
Candidate for Wentworth, New South Wales
Tim Murray
Australian Labor Party
Senator for Tasmania
Nick McKim
Australian Greens
Member for Kingsford-Smith, New South Wales
Matt Thistlethwaite
Australian Labor Party
Candidate for Wentworth, New South Wales
Kerryn Phelps
Independent
Senate Candidate for Queensland
Nita Green
Australian Labor Party
Candidate for Robertson, New South Wales
Cath Connor
Australian Greens
Minister for Health, Queensland
Steven Miles
Australian Labor Party
Candidate for Lindsay, New South Wales
Mark Tyndall
Independent
Candidate for Cowper, New South Wales
Andrew Woodward
Australian Labor Party
Candidate for Brisbane, Queensland
Paul Newbury
Australian Labor Party
Candidate for Fisher, Queensland
Daniel Parsell
Australian Labor Party
Candidate for Ryan, Queensland
Jake Schoemer
Australian Greens
Candidate for Ryan, Queensland
Peter Cossar
Australian Labor Party
Candidate for Aston, Victoria
Kadira Pethiyagoda
Australian Labor Party
Candidate for Jagajaga, Victoria
Kate Thwaites
Australian Labor Party