Office of the Public AdvocateA former director of a disability home in Melbourne’s west that was closed after an investigation revealed residents had been bullied, coerced and abused is now seeking to use a different company to open a rooming house for “those less fortunate in the community” at the same property.
Victoria’s disability watchdog, Public Advocate Dr Colleen Pearce, said it was particularly concerning that operators could be licensed to run a rooming house without consideration of their history.
She said the current gaps in the oversight system “may result in instances of … abuse and neglect going undetected and unreported”.
Pearce said safeguards must be strengthened to make sure all Victorians are safe in rooming houses.
Melton disability home shut down over abuse tries to reopen as rooming house - The Age
