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TLC Aged Care Mandated Staff COVID-19 Vaccinations in March 2021

on Tuesday, June 29, 2021

TLC Aged Care mandated compulsory COVID-19 vaccinations for all of their 1,800 aged care staff plus their external contractors in March 2021. The Australian Government has confirmed that this will now be the case in all residential aged care homes across Australia.

The CEO of TLC, Lou Pascuzzi, says that mandating compulsory vaccinations for staff has been the catalyst for their 91.25% take-up rate across all of their aged care residents, staff and contractors. “My team are medical professionals, and they understand that immunisation is essential if we are to protect our aged care residents from COVID-19.

“In March 2021, TLC mandated that all staff who are medically eligible, must participate in TLC’s COVID-19 vaccination program. Of our 1,800 staff, only 8 opted to cease their employment with TLC. This resulted in all eligible staff and residents being fully vaccinated, with almost 8,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine, by the end of April 2021.

“During discussions with the Australian Government, the success of TLC’s program has been raised; and it is clear that mandating staff vaccination is the key to ensuring a substantial up-take across the aged care industry.

“This is yet another example of how TLC’s handling of COVID-19, and our vaccination program, is the blueprint for future pandemic responses” says Pascuzzi.

TLC was the first residential aged care provider to be given approval to directly administer the COVID-19 vaccine as part of the phase 1A roll-out of the national vaccination program. This was the only agreement of its type, aside from the contractors engaged by the Government for the phase 1A roll out.

TLC Primary Care’s medical centres have also been approved to vaccinate members of the general public who qualify for the Government vaccination program; as well as to provide a COVID-19 vaccination in-reach service to almost 180 other Victorian residential aged care homes.

Throughout the recent COVID-19 outbreaks, all 11 of TLC Aged Care’s homes across Melbourne and Geelong have remained free of COVID-19.

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