Departmental media

A media release from the Victorian Aged Care Response Centre regarding a second positive case at Arcare Maidstone.

As COVID-19 case numbers in aged care continue to fall in Victoria in line with the fall in community transmission, the Response Centre is shifting gear to focus on prevention and recovery, including returning residents to their homes, whilst continuing to support facilities with existing outbreaks.

In its first 7 weeks of operations, the Victorian Aged Care Response Centre has worked at rapid pace to deploy much-needed resources and expand operational capacity as part of its robust effort to stabilise Victoria’s residential aged care sector.

A media release about the Victorian Aged Care Response Centre coordinating a cross-government effort to manage a 100-fold increase in clinical waste being produced to handle coronavirus outbreaks in some of Victoria’s aged care facilities

In an Australian first, the federal government has established the Victorian Aged Care Response Centre and a health services hub network which unifies the efforts of the public and private health systems.

A media release from the Victorian Aged Care Response Centre about the transfer of St Basil's aged care residents to hospital.