COTA VIC CEO Tina Hogarth-Clarke says while the Victorian Government's 22/23 State Budget offers much that is likely to improve the health and wellbeing of older Victorians, sh also believes it leaves a number of gaping holes that still need to be addressed, especially public infrastructure.
The Victorian Healthcare Association says the state’s public health system has received a much-needed boost from the state budget, to help it stabilise and recover after two extremely difficult years.
Victorians who work in casual or other insecure jobs will no longer be forced to choose between a day’s pay and looking after their health, due to the Victorian Government's Sick Pay Guarantee initiative.
The Andrews Government’s five-days-paid-sick-leave trial for casual personal care workers, employed in private aged care, is an initiative that will strengthen the sector’s ability to protect vulnerable residents from illness, according to the Victorian branch of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF).
Around 150,000 Victorian workers are now eligible for sick and carer's leave under an Australian-first pilot scheme. The $245.6 million, two-year trial will offer casual and insecure workers five days of paid sick or carer's leave per year at the national minimum wage of $20.33 per hour.
Nearly three-quarters of a million unpaid carers will receive additional respite, employment and training opportunities, supporting their vital roles of caring for vulnerable loved ones during the pandemic.
While Victorian premier Daniel Andrews might have announced today that a raft of restrictions will be lifted for fully vaccinated Victorians from 11:59pm tonight, there will be no material changes for those living within and visiting residential aged care facilities.
The Australian Aged Care Collaboration has called on the Victorian Government to urgently review a decision to allow unvaccinated visitors to residential aged care homes in the state.
The Australian Aged Care Collaboration says it is disappointed that Victoria’s new Public Health Order, coming into effect at 6pm today, will not require all visitors to residential aged care to be fully vaccinated.
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