A former nursing home employee was found not guilty of abuse last week in an unusual case centering around the use of a gait belt to keep an elderly dementia patient from falling.

So a couple of weeks ago, I put my scrubs on, grabbed a gait belt and worked alongside daily caregivers. At the end of the day I was exhausted! Physically and emotionally.

A gait lab is going to be established at Mater Dei Hospital in the coming weeks, Parliamentary Secretary for Health Chris Fearne announced in Parliament tonight. Dr Fearne said the gait lab will ...