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Aged-care industry aims to attract workers with job security and personal satisfaction
It is an industry crying out for employees to fill growing demand, but Australians must first change the way they think about it, an aged care educator says.
Key points:
- The aged care sector will need 1 million extra workers by 2050, which is a quadrupling of the current workforce
- Low pay has been one of the major challenges to attracting people to work in aged care
- Aged care educator Tracey Newcombe said people need to stop thinking about ageing as a period of decline and disability
The aged care sector is in the midst of a skills shortage and a damning royal commission showing weak regulation and poor wages, but attracting the workforce in the first place remains a major challenge.
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