Advocates warn labour shortage could affect home care provision

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December 14 2021 - 7:00am
WHERE ARE THE WORKERS? Advocates concerned labour shortages will impact access to home care packages.
WHERE ARE THE WORKERS? Advocates concerned labour shortages will impact access to home care packages.

Despite the Federal Government's commitment of $6.5 billion funding for 80,000 new home care packages, there are still more than 74,000 older Australians waiting on a package at their approved level.

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Eileen Wood

Senior Journalist

I'm a senior news journalist at The Senior newspaper, the leading publication bringing targeted news on issues affecting older Australians. We cover NSW, Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania, SA and WA. If you have a story idea I would love to hear it. You can email me: eileen.wood@thesenior.com.au or phone The Senior 02-4355-5000, mob. 0487 495 805

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