$10 Million for a Better Workforce to Care for Older People
Minister for Ageing Mark Butler has announced $10.2 million in funding for 26 projects to better prepare the aged care workforce to care for older Australians.
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6 September 2012
Minister for Ageing Mark Butler today announced $10.2 million in funding for 26 projects to better prepare the aged care workforce to care for older Australians.
Mr Butler said the projects would tackle many of the challenges aged care workers faced every day such as delivering medications safely, helping patients to live healthy, active lifestyles, and support people with complex needs.
“As part of upskilling workers and job redesign, many of the projects will train workers who support aged care residents in roles such as nutrition, cleaning, personal care and physio to identify health and wellbeing issues early.”
“By 2050 we expect that more than 1 in 20 working Australians will be an aged care worker, we need these workers to be as highly skilled as possible.”
The projects will focus on better integrating the aged care workforce with mainstream community services like GPs, pharmacists and allied health professionals across four main areas:
- safe medication management in the community
- residential aged care
- preventing functional decline in the community
- complex care coordination in the community.
“Right now, older people can see multiple professionals on multiple sites with little communication and coordination between them and these projects will aim to better align and coordinate services.”
A comprehensive evaluation of the projects will be undertaken to see how workforce reforms can be adopted nationally.
A list of the successful grant recipients is attached.
For more information, please contact the minister’s office on 02 6277 7280
Health Workforce Australia - Aged Care Workforce Reform Funding by stream
| Stream 1: Building workforce capacity for safe medications management in the community | ||
Funding | Stream 1: Total funding $750,000 - $250,000 per participant | |
|---|---|---|
Participating Projects | 1. Austin Health, Royal District Nursing Service and Monash University, Vic | Public |
| 2. Aged and Community Services NSW and Community Industry Training Advisory Board, NSW | NGO | |
| 3. Resthaven Incorporated, SA | NGO | |
| Stream 2: Building workforce capacity and capability in residential care | ||
Funding | Stream 2 Total funding $4,000,000 - $400,000 per participant | |
Participating projects | 1. The Corporation of the Synod of the Diocese of Brisbane, Qld | NGO |
| 2. Catholic Homes for the Elderly, Vic | NGO | |
| 3. Helping Hand Aged Care Inc, SA | NGO | |
| 4. Hammond Care, NSW | NGO | |
| 5. Lend Lease Primelife. Ltd, NSW and Vic | Private | |
| 6. Sydney Anglican Home Mission Society Council, NSW | NGO | |
| 7. Southern Cross Care, SA and NT | NGO | |
| 8. St Vincent's Health & Aged Care Ltd (Caritas), NSW | NGO | |
| 9. Rural Northwest Health, Vic | Public | |
| 10. The Bethanie Group, WA | NGO | |
| Stream 3: Building workforce capacity to prevent functional decline in the community | ||
Funding | Stream 3: Total funding $2,000,000 - $250,000 per participant | |
Participating Projects | 1. Ballina, District Community Services Association Inc, NSW | NGO |
| 2. CareWest, NSW | NGO | |
| 3. Country Health SA Local Health Network, SA | Public | |
| 4. Hammond Care, NSW | NGO | |
| 5. Heathcote Health, Vic | Public | |
| 6. Hobart District Nursing Service Inc, Tas | NGO | |
| 7. Kincare Community Services Ltd, NSW | Private | |
| 8. Northern Adelaide Local Health Network, SA | Public | |
| Stream 4: Building workforce capacity in complex care coordination in the community | ||
Funding | Stream 4: Total funding $2,250,000 - $450,000 per participant | |
Participating Projects | 1. Alpine Health, Vic | Public |
| 2. Ballina District Community Services Association Inc, NSW | NGO | |
| 3. Hammond Care, NSW | NGO | |
| 4. Southern Adelaide Local Health Network, SA | Public | |
| 5. Western Health, Vic | Public | |
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