Hospital + Healthcare Summer 2022

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AGED CARE

Solving the aged-care workforce crisis Sean Rooney, CEO, LASA

Staffing has been a perennial problem for the aged-care sector for too long.

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elatively low pay, a lack of career progression, fewer training opportunities and the perception that working in aged care is unrewarding and unattractive, all add to a troubling picture. Back in 2011, the Productivity Commission in its Caring for Older Australians report outlined workforce challenges as demand increases over the next 30 years unless urgent action was taken to address the workforce gap.

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