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• ‘Perilous’ shortage of homecare workers leaves patients trapped in hospitals

  03-10-2022 09:00
  Exclusive: almost one in four people unable to be discharged were waiting for home care, data revealsA “perilous” shortage of homecare workers is the biggest reason thousands of people are languishing longer in hospital than needed, driving up waiting lists and making people sicker, figures reveal.Almost one in four people unable to be discharged – sometimes for weeks – were trapped in hospital because they were waiting for home care, as agencies hand back contracts becau
  
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• Australia’s caring economy to face shortage of over 200,000 workers by 2050, study finds

  03-10-2022 08:47
  Shortfalls will be most severe among aged and disabled care sectors, says report, which was delayed by former governmentGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastAustralia faces a shortfall of more than 200,000 full-time care workers by 2050 as demand doubles within a generation, with a predicted gap in the workforce emerging earlier than expected as a result of the Covid pandemic.The findings are included in a care workforce labour market study overseen by the national
  
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