Ageing and Aged Care Statistics

9. Workforce

This category contains links which provide information on aged care workforce reports and studies.

A Review of the Current Role of Enrolled Nurses in the Aged Care Sector: Future Directions A paper on the changing nature of the aged care environment, in relation to both providers and recipients. It discusses the viability of an enhanced and more consistent scope of practice among Enrolled Nurses.

Aged Care Enrolled Nurses Working Party - Final Report Examination of an enhanced scope of practice for enrolled nurses and the preparation of enrolled nurses for that practice especially for medication administration and the existing barriers to this preparation.

IT Readiness Surveys - Aged Care Sector Information on the 2002 and 2006 surveys on the IT readiness of the aged care sector.

National Aged Care Nursing Roundtable - Final Report The final report of The National Aged Care Nursing Roundtable, held in August 2010, comprising approximately 50 representatives for the health and aged care sectors and university schools of nursing.

National Aged Care Workforce Census and Survey - Reports Reports from the Census and Survey - Aged Care.

Nurse Practitioner - Like services in Residential Aged Care Services - Evaluation Report This report provides information on the trial of nurse practitioners working in Australian residential aged care homes.

Quality of Working Life for Nurses Report into the quality of working life issues that result in job satisfaction or dissatisfaction for nurses in the aged care sector.

Recruitment and Retention of Nurses in Residential Aged Care: Final Report and Commonwealth Response This report examines the retention and recruitment of nurses in the residential aged care sector; and the issues surrounding nurse re-entry training in the sector.

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