Finding and keeping the staff required to deliver the best of care for older Australians is no simple undertaking, as aged care providers across the country can undoubtedly attest.According to the 2022 CompliSpace Aged Care Workforce Report, around half of ...

A new project has been launched to provide training and support for nurse educators and facilitate clinical placements for second-and third-year nursing students. The University of Canberra was awarded $2.1m as part of the Commonwealth’s Aged Care Nursing Clinical Placements Program ...

Aged care providers can now apply for simplified temporary visas to sponsor overseas direct care workers. The move, announced last Friday, is expected to streamline the hiring process and supply the sector with more overseas workers. The aged care sector ...

A new bill has passed this weekend that will allow workers, including aged care staff, to bargain for higher pay with their employers. The 'Secure Jobs, Better Pay' bill introduces a new multi-employer bargaining system where staff can join forces ...

While the majority of the aged care industry has welcomed the interim decision to raise wages by 15 per cent, sector advocates want more emphasis on recruitment and a pay rise for all staff employed in the sector. Last Friday, ...

Improving access to TAFE training and boosting skilled migration to increase the supply of workers into the struggling health and aged care sector were major outcomes from the government's Jobs and Skills summit.  Nearly 150 peak unions, business leaders and ...

Aged care nurses and carers have been tipped as being in one of the most in-demand professions in Australia. The federal government ranked the top ten industries facing critical worker shortages over the next five years ahead of its Jobs ...

Making aged care an attractive place to work, boosting job security and utilising overseas recruitment were key issues flagged at a pre-summit industry roundtable held last week. Aged care providers, advocates, experts and health unions met with federal aged care ...

Up to 139,000 aged care workers intend to leave the industry within the next three years according to a new workforce survey, with many staff holding serious doubts about incoming reform. The CompliSpace Aged Care Workforce Report was published on Monday ...

Australia's aged care workforce is now facing an annual worker shortfall of up to 35,000 staff, a new report has revealed, nearly double the estimated figure given in 2021. The Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) released a report on ...