Full-time income of a single parent worker not enough for essential expenses, Australian Aged Care Collaboration report reveals
Aged care workers are being priced out of their communities, with low wages and rising living costs leaving a worker in a typical two-parent household with $34 of disposable income each week, and a single parent full-time worker unable to cover basic expenses.
Expenses were then compared to income earned by a certificate III qualified personal care worker employed at the award rate for a 38-hour week, who would earn $900 a week, or $773 after tax.“Based on average earnings and expenses, an aged care worker in a single household would have $156 of income each week after basic expenses to cover other costs,” the report found.
“An aged care worker in a typical two-parent household would have $34 of disposable income each week after expenses. These assumptions only cover basic weekly living costs.” “The results also reinforce concerns that aged care workers, like other frontline workers, are being priced out of housing,” the report concluded. “This helps explain why some aged care providers are being forced to offer housing options to attract staff.”
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