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We have too few aged care workers to care for older Australians. Why? And what can we do about it?
Hal Swerissen, La Trobe University In a country like Australia, we all expect that when we get old, we’ll be…
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Australia’s migration system ‘too complex’ to solve staff shortage
Australia's migration system has been branded 'crazily complex' in a landmark review published last week calling for major reforms to…
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Podcasts
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…
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News
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…
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News
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…
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Aged Care Royal Commission
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…
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Specialty Focus
$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…
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Industry & Reform
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…
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Industry & Reform
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…
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News
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…
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