Rural and remote aged care facilities find it hard to attract and retain staff, and face high costs and ongoing losses. Yet levels of care and resident satisfaction exceed that of homes in cities.
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Aged care providers can’t find staff and a crisis is brewing. If the problem isn’t fixed, there are serious risks to quality and access to services for older people who need support.
While wage rises for aged care workers are welcome, this measure alone will not fix all workforce problems in the sector.
Australia needs an additional 35,000 aged care workers a year. While skilled migration can play a role, it’s unlikely to be enough to fix the immediate or long-term workforce shortages.
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Emeritus Professor of Public Health, La Trobe University
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Accounting, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Health Economics, University of Technology Sydney