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Vital Signs: Workforce Challenges for Aged Care

Better workforce management will underpin the aged care sector’s ability to cope with the long tail of COVID-19 and remain viable in a changing, aging world.

The pandemic has revealed and amplified the challenges faced by health and care systems around the world—perhaps nowhere more than in the aged care sector. The pandemic has strained providers’ finances and capacity; increased insurance costs and liability risks; and raised infection, disability, and mortality risks for some of society’s most vulnerable people.

Adding to historical financial difficulties and current pandemic-related challenges, demographic trends will likely intensify pressure on the sector in the coming years. More people over time will need senior care, increasing volume of demand. Meanwhile, care needs are growing more complex, which will push the sector to qualitatively reshape the nature of its work.

Thus while the challenges of COVID-19 necessitate a strong focus on short-term pandemic response, there is a broader impetus for change in the aged care sector.

Vital Signs: Workforce Challenges for Senior Care examines how better workforce management can be the foundation for the sector’s success during and beyond the pandemic. The report explores:

  • Three key risks - the workforce shortage, the skills gap and workplace health and safety challenges
  • Their implications for providers from decreased quality of care to increased operational costs
  • How providers can build back better from the pandemic by reshaping the employee experience and restructuring organisational ways of working

Learn more by downloading your copy of the report.

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