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    Australian Aged Care Worker Vaccine Decision Welcomed

    zenger.newsBy zenger.newsJune 30, 2021No Comments3 Mins Read
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    CANBERRA, Australia — The chair of one of Australia’s largest aged care providers has welcomed the belated decision to make coronavirus vaccines mandatory for all workers. Nursing home staff will need to have their first shot by mid-September if they want to keep working in aged care.

    Unions are concerned the government is not offering enough support to workers, while aged care providers are worried about how their staff will get access to the vaccine.

    Peter Shergold, who runs Opal Aged Care, is relieved by the national cabinet decision to mandate vaccines for all staff.

    Shergold acknowledged it raised questions around whether the requirement would deter people from working in aged care and respecting the rights of individuals to make their own decisions.

    But he said frail, older people in aged care settings were the most vulnerable in Australia.

    Australian Council of Trade Unions secretary Sally McManus also believes it is too difficult for aged care workers to get vaccinated. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image)

    “Protecting them has got to be our number one, two, and three priorities,” Shergold said on a reputed radio station on June 30.

    “In this crisis, we do need to say ‘sorry, if you want to work in an aged care home, we require you to be vaccinated.”

    Shergold said the vast majority of frontline aged care staff wanted to get vaccinated, having put themselves at significant risk throughout the coronavirus pandemic.

    He said workers had shown resilience, dedication, and courage throughout the 18-month ordeal.

    “What we need to do is to make it easy and convenient for them to do so.”

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    Aged and Community Services Australia chief executive Patricia Sparrow believes supply issues are responsible for low vaccine rates among aged care workers. (Daniel Pockett/AAP Image)

    Australian Council of Trade Unions secretary Sally McManus also believes it is too difficult for aged care workers to get vaccinated. The Australian Council of Trade Unions, originally the Australasian Council of Trade Unions, is the largest peak body representing workers in Australia.

    She wants a team of vaccinators deployed to aged care homes to give out jabs to staff. Shergold supports the idea and also wants roving virus clinics to be rolled out across the country.

    Aged and Community Services Australia chief executive Patricia Sparrow believes supply issues are responsible for low vaccine rates among aged care workers. Sparrow said the most important thing for wide take-up of vaccines was to make it easier for workers to get it.

    “The best way to improve vaccination rates is to make it as easy as possible for aged care workers, including through on-site workplace vaccination,” she said.
    “We simply have not seen the level of urgency, planning or clear communication needed from the federal government and this must be corrected urgently.”

    (Edited by Vaibhav Pawar and Ritaban Misra)



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