Australia’s population is aging, but the number of people working in aged care is decreasing. According to a CEDA (Committee for Economic Development of Australia) report, the senior care industry is facing a worker shortage and requires an additional 17000 workers to supplement its 240,000-strong workforce. Several factors contribute to the labour shortage in this…
Although many people join the aged care industry because they want to make a difference in people’s lives, some factors can impact job satisfaction. High workloads and administrative paperwork are the biggest concerns when it comes to aged care staffing. Residential care workers attribute the high workload to inadequate staffing levels and the high care…
Are you looking for a fall detection device for your retirement village? The average age of retirement village residents is now 80, up from 55, twenty years ago. Across 2,200 villages nationally, there are 184,000 retirement village residents accounting for almost 6 per cent of the over-65 population. These might seem like an ordinary bunch…
Choosing Personal Safety Pendant Alarms How many people do you know who can drive a tractor, a car, and a lawnmower at 91? Gippsland’s Jack Thorpe can. Jack owns and works on a 120-acre cattle farm, and while he is in good health, he requires medication for minor ailments, as one would expect of someone…
The majority of elderly people prefer to spend their golden years in the comfort of their own homes. However, issues with gait and mobility can limit their ability to move freely. Many of them find it difficult to carry out daily tasks like bathing, grooming and cooking. Travelling to see doctors and get diagnostic tests…
Over a million seniors in Australia live alone. Although medical devices like safety alarms, smartwatches and safety pendants keep a watchful eye on a senior’s movements, and can even call for help in times of emergency, they need to be worn or carried around… which is more than a minor inconvenience for many elderly people….
In Australia, workforce shortages pose a significant challenge to the residential aged care industry. Senior staff retiring, and the shrinking pool of young talent to draw from worsen an already troublesome workforce shortage problem. Furthermore, the growing elderly population places an additional strain on the overburdened infrastructure of aged care facilities. In the past decade,…
For some of us, simple things like a slip or a fall are a minor inconvenience, But for older people, they can be severe and in some cases fatal. One in 3 people aged 65 years or older falls each year. Falling is a serious health risk for the elderly and can result in broken…
CARETEQ’s VP of Global Sales & Marketing – Trevor Rooney was recently featured on the Assistive Technology Update podcast where he sat down with Josh Anderson and discussed SOFIHUB’s suite of assisted-living technology. You can listen to the podcast interview here.
By 2050 one in six people will be over the age of 65 and with more people choosing to live independently as they age, retirement villages would appear to be the perfect place for them to reside in. Even though retirement villages allow the elderly to live independent and stress-free lives, there’s trouble in paradise….