Would you eat this for dinner? Aged care resident is served plate of GREEN powdered eggs – as disgraced industry faces Royal Commission
- Images of questionable meals served to aged care residents were posted online
- The images show green powdered eggs and reheated plates of mushy slop
- The photos were taken at Bupa Aged Care Traralgon in regional Victoria
- A spokesman for the facility said it was not a standard meal provided and does not reflect their high expectations
- The images emerge as government announces Royal Commission into industry
Elderly patients living in an under-fire aged care facility are reportedly being fed plates of green powdered eggs, bowls of baked beans and reheated meals for dinner.
The questionable meals, allegedly served to residents at Bupa Aged Care Traralgon in rural Victoria, were posted to social media over the weekend.
When Daily Mail Australia phoned the facility, which was found to have breached a number of industry standards during a surprise audit months ago, a spokesperson said they were aware of the photos but instructed not to talk about them.
The photo comes as the aged care sector faces a Royal Commission following a string of appalling stories about the abuse and neglect of elderly and disabled people.
Images have been posted to social media thread of plates of food served to residents in an aged care facility that some commenters have labelled appalling
The images, posted over the weekend, show a string of meals, including green powdered eggs and mushy slop, that have left viewers questioning the nutritional value of the meals
The green-tinged eggs were posted online by the horrified relative of a resident staying at the Victorian Bupa facility.
'What is it?' one commenter asked.
'Be interesting to know what the daily budget per resident is, whether a qualified dietician is involved in the menu,' another commenter said.
'It looks like mouldy cheese... Our prisoners are treated much better and with more dignity. A national disgrace,' a third added.
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Other social media users shared their own horror stories, posting images of inedible meals their elderly relatives had been served up in aged care centres.
A Bupa spokesman admitted that the photograph of the eggs was 'unacceptable'.
'We're very concerned by this matter. This was not a standard meal provided to all residents and does not reflect our high expectations,' he said in a statement.
'This is unacceptable. We apologise for this incident and have spoken to the family of the resident who was served the meal.
'We immediately replaced this meal and will continue to explore what happened in this case, and learn from it.'
BUPA aged Care Traralgon has already been sanctioned for failing to meet several quality targets set by the Australian Aged Care Quality Agency.
'Be interesting to know what the daily budget per resident is, whether a qualified dietician is involved in the menu,' a commenter said
In a post to Twitter, Aged Care advocate Stewart Johnson pointed out the facility had passed the nutrition and hydration category during its recent audit, while failing to meet industry standards for medication and pain management.
Mr Johnston is an active campaigner for improvements to the Aged Care industry after his mother, Helen, was abused at the state run Oakden nursing home in South Australia in a scandal he claimed 'shocked the nation.'
In the high profile case, Mr Johnston's mother was booked for a four week stay at the Oakden facility in 2008 and suffered multiple mistreatments including being slapped by a staff member and thrown onto a toilet for hours as punishment.
The state response comes two months after the Morrison government announced the nationwide Royal Commission into aged care
The NSW government this week announced it will appoint a commissioner to uncover and end abuse of elderly and disabled people in the state's aged care sector.
The state response comes two months after the Morrison government announced the nationwide Royal Commission into aged care.
The dual crackdowns are in part because the nation's ageing population is driving a rapid expansion of the sector, while high profile cases of abuse spurn public outrage.
Among them; Sydney's Bupa Seaforth which made headlines in September after one of its workers allegedly assaulted an 82-year-old resident with a shoe.
It had Commonwealth funding suspended in October after it failed to meet more than 30 of 44 outcomes in an audit.
The prime minister said he could not ignore the alarming number of aged care operators 'flouting the law and putting lives at risk'.
Another example of food served at the aged care facility in regional Victoria
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