Community Home Australia is a wholly Australian owned not-for-profit charitable organisation providing care and services to its guests, operating Kambera House and Club Kalina in the southern suburbs of Canberra.

“For me it’s not about a service having an outbreak. There is so much infection in the community, it would be incredibly silly to think it’s not going to get in when we house a hundred people together and then add another hundred staff and another hundred visitors.

Vaccination is just one preventative measure. We will always have to manage vaccinated and unvaccinated residents. While prevention is always the aim, it’s about the service’s ability to contain and manage an outbreak, and what they have in place to minimise risk and spread.

We have been using the Scent Central ozone system for nearly three years now in our day centre and houses. Kills covid, fungus, mould and viruses both airborne and on surfaces. They have been incredibly effective in preventing, and on the odd occasion we have had a positive team member or guest, effective in minimising spread.

I know of an aged care provider who, on our advice, installed the system in their secure dementia unit. They have had multiple outbreaks in the main nursing home since, but none in the DSU.”