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​​General practitioners (GPs) play a key role in managing care for patients with life-limiting illnesses, particularly in rural areas lacking specialist palliative services. In our latest blog by Dr. Raechel Damarell, find out about the newly released CareSearchgp app, which offers evidence-based resources to GPs to support advance care planning, symptom management, and essential information when patients opt for a home death.​

Effective management and leadership in aged care are essential for effective aged care worker performance, which, in turn, enables high-quality care. 

Understanding the employee life cycle and knowing how to engage with people in each stage of the cycle enables you to attract the right candidates, optimize your employee experience and ultimately, improve productivity and performance at your organization.

There are various iterations of the employee life cycle approach. The basic premise is that you consider the whole journey of any potential employee from potentially before they even choose to enter your profession until they leave your employment.

Economic considerations suggest that some of the emphasis of workforce planning needs to be placed on how to retain workers better, especially those with the necessary skills, and how to train and utilise them productively in the workplace. 

While aged care staff have an overall positive feeling towards their work, additional support such as skills training,  and a supportive work environment could  reduce job stressors. 

A range of factors impacted retention of aged care staff. Two broad themes emerged from the analysis: individual and organisational factors facilitating retention.

This blog describes four practical steps providers can take now to support our aged care workers.

The Federal Government has implemented a range of activities and intiatives to help providers build and develop a supported, valued and productive workforce.

Aged care is one of the fastest growing sectors in Australia. You can learn more about the roles and opportunities available in metropolitan, regional and remote areas of Australia.