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THE Federal Government may investigate the alleged abuse of an 83-year-old woman after a pornographic image of her was circulated in an email calendar. Federal Aged Care Minister Santo Santoro today described it as a "horrific" example of elder abuse. The woman died nine years ago and had been in the care of a southern Queensland aged care centre and a hospital. The woman's daughter June Small said she was horrified when she saw her naked mother in the graphic email and the image of a young man kneeling beside her. "It was only 14 days between my mother being well and healthy to her death," she told ABC radio. "That's the thing that shocked me but now looking at these emails I have no doubt why she went downhill so quickly." Senator Santoro said it would be difficult to investigate the abuse because it happened so long ago. "If a commission of inquiry was warranted one would certainly consider it and I would do that also," he said. "But I do not think we are looking at an endemic problem here. We have put in place safeguards and put in place mechanisms that will minimise absolutely the incidence of bad activity and crime in our institutions." AAP (6-3-2006) |
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FEDERAL Aged Care Minister Santo Santoro said his department should have replied to a letter from two granddaughters of a 98-year-old woman allegedly raped in a Victorian nursing home. The matter would be looked into as part of an investigation into allegations of rape and other alleged abuse of dementia patients at Victorian nursing homes. Last year, four women at an unnamed Victorian facility - all dementia patients aged in their 90s - were allegedly sexually abused by a male staff member. A worker was suspended and has since been charged by police. Another staff member who reportedly witnessed the abuse waited two months before alerting authorities. Senator Santoro also said he would be happy to meet the two granddaughters, Deb Chapman and Gail Chilianis, one of whom wrote to him today. "One of the granddaughters wrote to me today. They want to cooperate with myself personally, they want to cooperate with my office and my department," he told ABC TV last night. "They will be receiving a letter from me tomorrow saying, 'look, I am totally available to listen to your story. More importantly the departmental officers will be available to also listen to your story'. "Out of this experience we are going to learn how to improve a system which I think is working well, but clearly it needs to be fine-tuned. "It needs to be better performing and I am prepared to put every bit of energy available to ensure that it works better." The two women said they had written a letter to the Department of Aged Care on December 4 last year, outlining further allegations about aged care abuse. They did not get a reply. "Whether or not the department should have got back to the granddaughters, I personally think we should have. The department should have got back," Senator Santoro said. "This will all come out in the wash and I intend to be very accountable and very open." AAP (22-2-2006) |
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