Challenges facing the Aged Care Sector:
- Skills & Labour Shortages – 110,000+ shortage of direct aged-care workers in the next decade
- Retention Challenges and Workers Entering Retirement – 65,000 workers leaving the Aged-care sector each year, and 20% of current workers plan to leave the sector in the next 12 months
- Negative Industry Perception – media negativity, Royal Commission and lack of societal appreciation
- Low Wages & Poor Worker Conditions – Wages low, but increasing, Compliance-drive and resource constrained
- Lack of Defined Career Pathways – Clarity of pathways available, Intrinsic and extrinsic rewards, Why Stay?
