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Panel: Managing rising costs & workforce investment

• With workforce reforms requiring 24/7 registered nurse coverage and a minimum of 215 care minutes per resident per day, how can providers afford these staffing increases?

• While the $2.6 billion wage increase for 60,000 aged care nurses is subsidised by the government in the short term, what happens when funding stops? How can providers prepare for potential cost burdens in the future?

Shilpa Jose, Chief Commercial Officer, Churches of Christ in Queensland