Professor Lim – who worked through the worst of last year’s aged care outbreaks – said staff had to work at more than one home because they were not paid enough.
No staff died at Victorian aged care homes in 2020 but coronavirus infections brought into centres by some were key to the deaths of 655 residents. All of the deaths were in private homes, with no fatalities recorded in the state’s 178 public facilities.
Despite the billions of dollars pumped into the sector by the federal government, lower-level caring staff in private aged care are poorly paid, often working at a number of centres to stitch together a living wage.
Professor Lim – who worked through the worst of last year’s aged care outbreaks – said staff had to work at more than one home because they were not paid enough.
No staff died at Victorian aged care homes in 2020 but coronavirus infections brought into centres by some were key to the deaths of 655 residents. All of the deaths were in private homes, with no fatalities recorded in the state’s 178 public facilities.
Despite the billions of dollars pumped into the sector by the federal government, lower-level caring staff in private aged care are poorly paid, often working at a number of centres to stitch together a living wage.
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