A new project will help personal carers from diverse backgrounds build meaningful relationships with older people in aged care services. Close to 90% of Australian residential aged care services and 70% of in home care services employ personal care staff from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds according to the 2016 National Aged Care Workforce...
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Whoever wins the next federal election will face growing pressure to expand coverage of the National Disability Insurance Scheme to include people aged 65 and over, adding to the scheme’s already soaring cost.
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As the aged care worker pay rise tribunal begins this week, the lawyer representing aged care employees has cautioned the Fair Work Commission against using gender as a reason to lift wages in the union’s bid to increase pay by 25%.
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