Press Release – Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today released a report finding rest home owners Oceania Care Company Limited in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers Rights (the Code) for failures in its care of a …
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today released a report finding rest home owners Oceania Care Company Limited in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failures in its care of a man who suffered two falls.
The man had a medical history of poor balance, severe fatigue, impaired hearing and end-stage renal failure. At the time of events the man had been a resident at the rest home for only five days.