ACT provider, Goodwin has turned the first sod at their Monash site for a new residential aged care home that will offer 35 high-care and 31 low-care places. Goodwin is one of the largest and longest established aged care providers in Canberra. The new facility is expected to be completed in mid-2012.
Does this pass the pub test? Direct aged care workers awarded wages rises of up to 13.5% by Fair Work Commission – but indirect care workers only given up to 6.8%
Workers across residential aged care and home care will receive wages rises between 3.2% and 13.5% after the Fair Work Commission (FWC) determined on Friday that their work has historically been undervalued. The Stage 3 decision in the long-running...