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Australia’s aged-care workforce needs to meet the challenges of increased demand, consumer choice, a rapidly changing marketplace and the integration of new technologies.
The existing workforce needs to be renewed as the latest statistics tell us that an estimated 60% of the existing workforce will reach retirement age over the next 15 years. These workers not only need to be replaced, but our aged-care workforce needs to rapidly increase to meet the growing demand for different types of services. By 2050 it is estimated that we will need up to 1.3 million workers in the…