Aged Care Company Fined $66,000 for Failing to Prevent Client Dying from Burns

An aged care company in Melbourne has been fined $66,000 (US$43,000) after one of its residents died from burns. On Aug. 6, Broadmeadows Magistrates Court issued a fine to Bluecross Community Care Services Group Pty Ltd after finding that the company failed to reduce or eliminate the risk of serious injury for clients. According to court documents, a 90-year-old man living in a Bluecross’s care centre in the suburb of Glenroy died after suffering burns from a wall-mounted heater in his private bedroom in 2021. It was reported that the man rested his feet against the heater for some time after an unwitnessed fall, causing him to suffer burns on both feet....