Leaving him running around with a weapon after reportedly threatening other residents sounds more likely to kill someone, doesn’t it?
What’s your solution to this situation?
What’s your solution to this situation?
November 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Leaving him running around with a weapon after reportedly threatening other residents sounds more likely to kill someone, doesn’t it?
What’s your solution to this situation?
What’s your solution to this situation?
Well the care home should just do the job they are paid for then.
November 21, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Well the care home should just do the job they are paid for then.
Wasn’t the deadline for recruiting them July 2023? Seems rather … negligent … to have ignored the law that’s there to provide greater care for so long, especially when there’s corporate welfare to help pay the wages for smaller operations (<50 beds OCCUPIED IIRC).
November 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Wasn’t the deadline for recruiting them July 2023? Seems rather … negligent … to have ignored the law that’s there to provide greater care for so long, especially when there’s corporate welfare to help pay the wages for smaller operations (<50 beds OCCUPIED IIRC).
Also, if the staff were still holed up in a locked room, none of the other residents were getting ANY care. You’d be pissed off if your relative was left lying in a bed full of shit. That happened to a friend’s mother and he was ropable.
November 21, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Also, if the staff were still holed up in a locked room, none of the other residents were getting ANY care. You’d be pissed off if your relative was left lying in a bed full of shit. That happened to a friend’s mother and he was ropable.
If there’s no weapon, or the punter is only threatening self-harm, negotiation may resolve it, but it works more often with a rational person.
Those suggesting police wait around for hours would be outraged if cops couldn’t attend when they needed them because they were just standing around.
Those suggesting police wait around for hours would be outraged if cops couldn’t attend when they needed them because they were just standing around.
November 21, 2025 at 11:06 AM
If there’s no weapon, or the punter is only threatening self-harm, negotiation may resolve it, but it works more often with a rational person.
Those suggesting police wait around for hours would be outraged if cops couldn’t attend when they needed them because they were just standing around.
Those suggesting police wait around for hours would be outraged if cops couldn’t attend when they needed them because they were just standing around.
The training is clear. Police have to make the situation safe if they are called. If there’s a weapon and a clear willingness to use it, the threat has to be neutralised, mental health issues or not. OC spray is a mostly harmless way to achieve that.
Recipient may cough for a few days 🤷♂️
Recipient may cough for a few days 🤷♂️
November 21, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The training is clear. Police have to make the situation safe if they are called. If there’s a weapon and a clear willingness to use it, the threat has to be neutralised, mental health issues or not. OC spray is a mostly harmless way to achieve that.
Recipient may cough for a few days 🤷♂️
Recipient may cough for a few days 🤷♂️
It’s a legal requirement to have a registered nurse 24/7 at aged care facilities, so it’s a fair assumption.
November 21, 2025 at 5:45 AM
It’s a legal requirement to have a registered nurse 24/7 at aged care facilities, so it’s a fair assumption.
Well, then your problem is corporate greed and not the police then, right?
November 21, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Well, then your problem is corporate greed and not the police then, right?
Yay! A voice of reason amongst the knee-jerk reactions of the ignorant.
And AGAIN nobody mentioning the trained staff who knew the man had been forced to retreat to a locked room. So, yeah, they assessed the man as a danger.
And AGAIN nobody mentioning the trained staff who knew the man had been forced to retreat to a locked room. So, yeah, they assessed the man as a danger.
November 21, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Yay! A voice of reason amongst the knee-jerk reactions of the ignorant.
And AGAIN nobody mentioning the trained staff who knew the man had been forced to retreat to a locked room. So, yeah, they assessed the man as a danger.
And AGAIN nobody mentioning the trained staff who knew the man had been forced to retreat to a locked room. So, yeah, they assessed the man as a danger.
A memorial to all those injured climbing the memorial arch
November 20, 2025 at 2:18 AM
A memorial to all those injured climbing the memorial arch
I got SO close to having to do the test again.
I turned up at the notoriously inefficient govt office mid-afternoon on the last day of the grace period for renewal and was nervously watching the clock tick towards closing time. Had under 30 minutes left when I was called up.
I turned up at the notoriously inefficient govt office mid-afternoon on the last day of the grace period for renewal and was nervously watching the clock tick towards closing time. Had under 30 minutes left when I was called up.
November 18, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I got SO close to having to do the test again.
I turned up at the notoriously inefficient govt office mid-afternoon on the last day of the grace period for renewal and was nervously watching the clock tick towards closing time. Had under 30 minutes left when I was called up.
I turned up at the notoriously inefficient govt office mid-afternoon on the last day of the grace period for renewal and was nervously watching the clock tick towards closing time. Had under 30 minutes left when I was called up.
That will go well on a cover letter 😝
November 18, 2025 at 8:50 AM
That will go well on a cover letter 😝
“I gave him potato head, he got woody and then there was a light buzz here”
November 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
“I gave him potato head, he got woody and then there was a light buzz here”
North Americans use ‘immigrate’ where we would use ‘emigrate’, I believe.
November 17, 2025 at 10:15 AM
North Americans use ‘immigrate’ where we would use ‘emigrate’, I believe.
“Green will really suit you”
November 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
“Green will really suit you”
Great write up, Mark.
True and False are switching meanings. Genuine present day artworks and photographs are being dismissed as AI fakes, yet historical images are increasingly being sexed up with the technology.
True and False are switching meanings. Genuine present day artworks and photographs are being dismissed as AI fakes, yet historical images are increasingly being sexed up with the technology.
November 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Great write up, Mark.
True and False are switching meanings. Genuine present day artworks and photographs are being dismissed as AI fakes, yet historical images are increasingly being sexed up with the technology.
True and False are switching meanings. Genuine present day artworks and photographs are being dismissed as AI fakes, yet historical images are increasingly being sexed up with the technology.