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Health Workforce Australia 2013 Conference

Health Workforce Australia 2013 Conference. “Getting more aged care professionals now”. helpinghand.org.au. Aged Care Services. Residential Care: 200,000 residents Packaged Care at home: 64,000 people HACC (Home & Community Care): 610,000 Respite Transition. Age Care Workforce.

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Health Workforce Australia 2013 Conference

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  1. Health Workforce Australia 2013 Conference “Getting more aged care professionals now” helpinghand.org.au

  2. Aged Care Services • Residential Care: 200,000 residents • Packaged Care at home: 64,000 people • HACC (Home & Community Care): 610,000 • Respite • Transition

  3. Age Care Workforce Estimated: • 98,400 people employed in community care services • 197,000 people employed in residential care – 150,000 are direct care employees Current structure: RNs/ENs/Care Workers and Allied Health

  4. Aged Care Growth • By 2050, 3.5 million Australians are expected to use aged care services • Government expenditure on aged care is expected to increase from 0.8 to 1.8 per cent of GDP by 2050 • Aged Care workforce to quadruple by 2050 - when the overall employment-to-population ratio will be declining

  5. Aged Care Staffing driven by • Government policy framework/formula – scale/dependency rationed • Funding/indexation • Staffing structures: “Lifestyle vs Clinical” • Labour market competition

  6. Aged Care Staffing (cont) • Skills availability • Sector Innovation (e.g. Mental Health/Social Supports) • Geography • Perceptions of aged care as a career • An ageing workforce

  7. Labour Market Competition – an exampleSouth Australia – Mid-North • 2010 – Ratio: Population 16-65 as a proportion of People 70+ - 5.6:1 • 2030 – Ratio: Population 16-65 as a proportion of People 70+ - 3.1:1

  8. Aged Care Futures • Exponential growth – home care and residential (institutional) care • Consumer choice (“Consumer Directed Care” - CDC) • Wellness/preventative approach – compression of morbidity • Hospital avoidance – partnering with wider health system

  9. Implications/Opportunities • Home Care = • Planning and Services in diverse environments • Social Isolation Risk • Consumer Choice = • Provider Competition • Quality of Service • New Services?

  10. Implications/Opportunities (cont) • Technology • remote communication between consumer and provider • ADL/Health monitoring (of people in their own homes) • social communication • New roles? • Effective consumer clinical assessment – who best to do it? • Redefine RN/EN roles • Nurse Practitioners? • CDC Consultants? • Wellness advocates/consultants • Therapy support • Technology support – for providers and consumers

  11. How will we staff this future? • Political recognition of competitive Labour market • Pay rates and employment flexibility – “partners in care” • Clear definition and articulation of new roles and opportunities • “Recruiting where the consumers are” • Engagement with education sector • curriculum • student experience • IT environment (Deloitte)

  12. THANK YOU

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