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As our early years framework stands right now, too many children miss out on the support and early learning they need to thrive. One in five children start school facing developmental vulnerability, and that figure is even higher for children from disadvantaged backgrounds. Over the next year, we have a rare opportunity to redefine Australia's approach to early childhood development at a national level.
Providers must start getting ready for the future of home care now, writes Lin Hatfield Dodds. As home care providers, we are on the edge of a huge demographic change in our client groups. Twenty years from now, 18.4 per cent of Australians will be over the age of 65, compared to 16 per cent in 2020. This is a significant number of new people who will be eligible for services in a home setting.
Providers must start getting ready for the future of home care now, writes Lin Hatfield Dodds. As home care providers, we are on the edge of a huge demographic change in our client groups. Twenty years from now, 18.4 per cent of Australians will be over the age of 65, compared to 16 per cent in 2020. This is a significant number of new people who will be eligible for services in a home setting.
You might not have noticed, but the second thing the treasurer said on Tuesday night was that the Budget delivers a historic investment in the care economy. In my 25 years in the sector, this is the first time I can remember a government linking the care economy to the economic narrative of the nation. And this will need to be the first of many budgets that do this.
No one is looking for this week’s Jobs and Skills Summit to provide a panacea for all of Australia’s intersecting challenges, but almost everyone is hoping for a turning point, an agenda that charts the way forward. How we bring our country’s care economy to maturity needs to be a strong focus at the summit and be equally placed with the priorities of the technology economy.
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