Sunday is the day to celebrate our dedicated aged care workers and say ‘thanks for caring’ on Aged Care Employee Day.
Aged care providers, residents, home care recipients and families are gearing up to voice their thanks with morning teas, barbecues and simply a message of thanks to aged care staff who look after our older loved ones in residential care, home and community care, retirement living and seniors housing.
Aged & Community Care Providers Association (ACCPA) Interim CEO Paul Sadler says Aged Care Employee Day, now in its fourth year, is a chance to recognise the work, often above and beyond the call of duty, carried out by aged care staff particularly during the pandemic.
“Aged Care Employee Day has become an important date in our calendar and reminds us of the caring and professional work of aged care staff who are our care ‘superheroes’ who make the lives of older Australians better,” Mr Sadler says.
“Aged care workers have faced the most challenging of conditions during this pandemic and were tested to their limits with the COVID-19 Omicron wave over summer. Many lived on site to continue providing essential care to their loved older residents while colleagues were struck down with Covid or forced to isolate.
“We want residents and clients, their families and friends, to join us in saying ‘thank you for a job well done’ and recognising the hard work of aged care staff in caring for our loved ones.”
Find out what older Australians and aged care industry leaders are saying about our dedicated aged care workforce on ACCPA’s Facebook page.
