Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the royal commission last month and said it would investigate the quality of care provided in residential and home aged care to senior Australians.

It will also include young people with disabilities living in residential aged care settings.

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Whiddon Group is a not-for-profit which has been in operation more then 70 years, its only facility in the Central West is located in Bathurst.

The organisation’s chief executive officer, Chris Mamarelis, said the group had a “long and proud history” in “providing exceptional aged care to people” in metropolitan and regional Australia.

“We welcome any move to help improve outcomes for care recipients and employees alike, while also identifying strategies to build a more viable aged care sector,” he said.

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“We are an organisation that fully supports and embraces continuous improvement that focuses on generating better outcomes for all older Australians and their families.”

Mr Mamarelis said senior Australians deserved a quality aged care system that centred on their dignity and independence.

“Whiddon supports the government’s decision to hold a Royal Commission into Aged Care that is focused on generating positive and constructive outcomes for all stakeholders,” he said.

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“With this said, it is absolutely essential that the industry remains focused on the people we care for while also ensuring the hundreds of thousands of individuals working in aged care continue to be held in the positive light that they deserve.”

Meanwhile, a Bathurst aged care worker, who asked not to be named for fear of losing her job, said she had been subject to verbal and physical assaults and inappropriate touching during her time in the industry.

She said during her eight years in the industry she had been left frightened, assaulted, scratched and scarred and claims that nothing was done by management when the abuse was reported.

“There’s a few male residents I’ve come across who think it’s OK to be sexually inappropriate towards female staff,” the nurse said.

This nurse is among those to have made a submission to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety for treatment by residents to nurses to be investigated.

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Meanwhile, in an open letter to the aged care workforce minister for senior Australians and aged care, Ken Wyatt, said the Federal Government valued their  work to provide “quality care for senior Australians in residential care and in homes”.

“We know that there are instances of sub-standard care that need a fair, independent and thorough assessment – to honour and support every family that has engaged and trusted aged care services across our nation,” he said.