Australia Needs 110,000 More Aged Care Workers Within the Next Decade for Quality Care: Study

Australia Needs 110,000 More Aged Care Workers Within the Next Decade for Quality Care: Study
An elderly couple walk down the street on May 13, 2014 in Melbourne, Australia. Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images
Rebecca Zhu
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Australia’s aged care sector may potentially face shortages of at least 110,000 direct workers within the next decade if appropriate action is not taken to recruit more workers, a study has found.

Research by the Committee for Economic Development Australia (CEDA) revealed that if this challenge is not addressed, the shortage could swell to 400,000 by 2050.