Oakden ICAC Report Response

Dignity Party MLC Kelly Vincent is responding to the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption (ICAC) report into the Oakden facility, after being one of the ICAC inquiries strongest supporters. In 2015, Dignity MLC Kelly Vincent authored terms of reference for a...

Government must act now on elder abuse

Dignity Party MLC Kelly Vincent has tabled a report of the Elder Abuse Committee in Parliament demanding comprehensive action to stop abuse of older South Australians. “The past two years have been dark days in this state’s history in relation...

Report tabled by the South Australian Joint Select Committee into Elder Abuse in South Australia

Ali Clarke: Now I want to talk about something that has been, as it should be, in the forefront of all of our minds all of us know or have had to deal with looking after a loved one who...

Oakden: Minister yields to Dignity Party demands

Dignity Party MLC Kelly Vincent Dignity Party MLC Kelly Vincent says this afternoon’s announcement in Parliament by the Minister for Mental Health confirms the Minister must listen to MPs connected with their constituents and community. “Today’s announcement by the Minister...

Kelly Vincent – 5AA Interview on wheelchair sports event held at Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre / Oakden Older Persons Mental Health Facility

Transcript from 5AA Andrew Reimer: Kelly Vincent MLC for the State Dignity Party, good evening, have you had a good weekend? Kelly Vincent: I have, yesterday I was at the Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre where they were having a bit of...

Tears and Fears of Oakden Families

Verity Edwards - The Weekend Australian The brother of an acute dementia patient at a South Australian nursing home to be closed by the government fears his sister has been overmedicated to control her behaviour while his repeated complaints about...

Coroner keen to examine claims

CORONER Mark Johns is willing to reopen old death cases at the Oakden aged care facility if families present fresh evidence - and the State Government stumps up the necessary cash. Principal community visitor Maurice Corcoran has raised new fears...

SA Health needs to improve its process of carrying out background checks

South Australia’s Dignity Party says SA Health needs to improve its process of carrying out background checks on employees following revelations about the Oakden nursing home in Adelaide’s north east. The Oakden Older Persons Mental Health Service is being shut...

Channel 2 News Oakden Recruiting Practices

Demanding Answers Channel 9 News Oakden Shutdown