WA Police find no evidence of criminality at Regis Nedlands aged care home in Perth
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Police have found no evidence of criminality following abuse allegations at Regis Nedlands.
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Police in Western Australia say they have found no evidence of criminality and have closed their investigation into allegations of physical assault at a Perth aged care home.
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The Major Crime Squad found no evidence of criminality at the home
Separate inquiries by the aged care regulator and Regis are ongoing
Reports on the two deaths will be prepared for the coroner.
The initial police investigation into five alleged incidents of physical assault between January 11 and 13 was prompted by concerns raised by at least one university student who was at the facility on those days.
Melbourne executive visits Regis aged care facility in Nedlands just days after arriving in WA
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A Regis spokesman said Melbourne executive Paul Cohen was given an exemption to enter WA with conditions, which he is complying with.
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A Melbourne-based executive has attended a meeting at the Perth aged care facility at the centre of physical abuse allegations just days after arriving in WA, where Victorian arrivals are required to self-quarantine for 14 days.
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The company says he was given an exemption with conditions
WA Police will not comment on individual cases
Police are examining the deaths of two aged care residents in Perth as part of an investigation into allegations of abuse, which were revealed by work experience students. Detectives recently launched a probe into allegations at Regis Aged Care s Nedlands facility, in Perth s leafy western suburbs, and on Friday police confirmed two residents had since died. The circumstances surrounding their deaths will be reviewed, police said in a statement. The two residents who died this week are great-grandfather Dik Lee, 94, and an 86-year-old man. University students alleged they saw the wheelchair-bound and unclothed Mr Lee being dragged along the floor in his own faeces.
Relatives shocked by abuse allegations at Regis aged care facility in Perth suburb of Nedlands
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Lucy White and Frances Veltman went to the aged care facility in person on Wednesday to speak to managers.
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Shocked relatives have flocked to an aged care facility in Perth s wealthy western suburbs, demanding more information from management about multiple allegations of physical abuse against residents.
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Family members are demanding more information about the claims
WA Police are investigating five alleged incidents from earlier this month
They included Perth women Frances Veltman and Lucy White, whose 87-year-old mother and grandmother Dulcie Veltman was one of the alleged victims at Regis Nedlands.