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Inspire, celebrate, and support for young aged care professionals. Celebrating aged care careers starts with you. We are working on initiatives right now.

Less than 1 in 5 aged care workers are under the age of 35. The median age of an aged care employee is over 48. (... and why does this matter?)

It means there are plenty of people who are the only ‘young person’ in their workplace. This can make is hard to connect and engage with their team, ask for advice, know what is happening in the industry, and connect with people of a similar age and pass  ...