Australia's migration system has been branded 'crazily complex' in a landmark review published last week calling for major reforms to better attract overseas aged care and nursing staff. The aged care sector is projected to have a shortfall of nearly ...
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Influx of overseas staff ‘opportunity’ to address racism: podcast
Recruiting overseas staff to fill workforce shortages in aged care could prompt the sector to become more culturally safe, a gerontology expert has said. Australia is increasingly more depending on overseas personal care workers and nurses to cover the anticipated shortfall ...
More »ACCPA proposes new aged care working visa
Aged care providers have proposed the federal government establish a specific visa for skilled migrants to deliver 24/7 registered nurses to facilities. This morning, the Aged & Community Care Providers Association (ACCPA) submitted policy proposals to the government to amend the reform ...
More »AI funding to upgrade quality in aged sector
Australia's major scientific research organisation has granted researchers from Victoria University over a million dollars to speed up the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in aged care. CSIRO's funding will go to five PhD projects looking to reduce falls and ...
More »Report reveals Australia’s care economy shortfalls
Australia's care economy will be in need of a thousand staff within the next five years, a figure that is expected to double by 2050, a new report found. National skills commissioner Adam Boyton drew up the 'Care Workforce Labour ...
More »$4K income credit not enough to let all pensioners work: Q&A
As workforce shortages approach 500,000 vacancies in Australia's care system, older Australians are voicing their interest to re-enter paid work if the government would alter the pension payment system. Aged Care Insite spoke with chief advocate of National Seniors, Ian ...
More »Rural homes need more support to meet new standards
As severe workforce shortages cripple the industry, rural and remote aged care homes may have been fighting the hardest to keep their heads above water - and it's not over yet. Upcoming legislation will mandate 24/7 registered nurses by July ...
More »Report reveals workforce has lost faith in aged care reform: podcast
Close to 60 per cent of Australia's workforce say the reforms in the new aged care bills are impossible to realise in the sector's current climate. The CompliSpace report surveyed over a thousand staff and revealed that nearly 90 per ...
More »Urgent visa change to fill aged care gap
The government will fast-track the processing of 60,000 permanent visa applications by overseas skilled workers in a bid to fill urgent staff shortages in health and aged care. The move comes as research shows that labour shortages in aged care ...
More »‘It’s time for action’ – union’s response to CEDA’s worrying report: podcast
With nearly 65,000 aged care workers leaving the sector each year there are dire concerns for the future wellbeing of older Australians. The Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) released a new report last week which found staff shortages in ...
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