EMAIL PRIME MINISTER GILLARD THAT AGED CARE CAN'T WAIT AND URGENT ACTION IS NEEDED MAKE BUDGET 2012 THE AGED CARE BUDGET.
7 Reasons why Aged Care Can't Wait
1. There is a critical shortage of nurses in aged care. The aged care sector needs more than 20,000 additional nurses right now.
2. The Australian population is ageing. The ageing of our population means that unless urgent action is taken the shortage will get worse, on top of the shortages we are already facing.
3. Nurses in aged care are paid less than nurses in public hospitals. This must be fixed if we want to recruit and retain enough nurses to provide adequate care in aged care now and into the future.
4. The wages gap continues to grow. The wages gap between aged care nurses and nurses in public hospitals has doubled over the past decade, from $84 a week in 2002 to over $168 on average today.
5. Quality care of residents must be at the centre of any reform. Any review of aged care must include a significant funding injection to ensure that quality care is at the centre of aged care, and must allow providers to attract nurses to aged care by lifting wages.
6. There is no funding increase guaranteed in budget 2012. Budget 2012 MUST be the Aged Care Budget. If the Federal Government waits any longer to fix aged care, the situation will become even worse and residents will suffer.
7. Additional tied funding will be delivered through enterprise bargaining. This would deliver wage increases directly to workers, and maintain workplace flexibility. It would ensure that good providers who bargain will be given additional funding by the Government to close the wages gap.
How you can help:
- Email the Prime Minister that Aged Care Can't Wait.
- Download the Aged Care Can't Wait leaflet.
- Hold a workplace meeting and get the support of your workmates, residents and family members.
- Read the full Aged Care Can't Wait Report the ANF has sent to every member of the Federal Government.
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