Chief executive Reverend Stu Cameron says the decision is due to difficulties meeting new national staffing requirements.
abc.net.au/news/wesley-mission-to-close-all-aged-care-homes-in-sydney/102216498Wesley Mission has announced the closure of all its Sydney aged care homes due to workforce "challenges".Wesley Mission says new federal government staffing requirements will be too difficult for them to meetThe federal government is aiming for all aged care homes to have registered nurses on 24/7 from July
"The aged care sector is experiencing challenges to workforce and flow-on impacts from the national reforms to Aged Care. Wesley Mission supports these once-in-a-generation reforms, improving quality for all care users," Reverend Cameron said in a statement. Last month the aged care minister admitted about one in 20 facilities wouldn't meet this target but nearly all facilities would have enrolled nurses on duty.but the government is trying to attract more people by raising the minimum pay standard by 15 per cent from July.
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