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The mushrooming Information Communication Technology (ICT) field can offer a source of flexible and reasonably paid income for working carers, so if you are casting your eye around for a new line of work and are prepared to do some re-training through TAFE, University or adult education colleges, then this is an area of work certainly worth investigating further.
In September 2006, the Orange Community Resource Organisation’s Central West Commonwealth Carer Respite Centre received funding from the Commonwealth Government to operate a two-year pilot project to develop support packages for working carers of frail older people in the Central West.
SMART employers are putting up the welcome signs for mature workers,
realising that soon, an advertised job will attract one candidate under
45 – and seven over 45. This is nothing short of a revolution. Meet
today's top 20 employers of new workers.
The national independent Taskforce on Care Costs (TOCC) has released
its 2007 report, ‘The hidden face of care: Combining work and caring
responsibilities for the aged and people with a disability’.
Even though the Working Carers Support Gateway is a NSW-focused
information provider, we thought you might be interested in hearing
about innovative working carer support projects. We will bring you
projects from throughout the country over the coming months. This month
we feature a story from the ACT.
Many workplaces organise a secret Santa where everyone’s name goes into
a hat, each person draws out a name, keeping it a secret, then goes out
and buys a present for that person, wraps it, puts their name on it and
leaves it under the tree.
Even though the Working Carers Support Gateway is a NSW-focused information provider, we thought you might be interested in hearing about innovative working carer support projects. We will bring you projects from throughout the country over the coming months. This month we feature a story from South Australia.
Extracts from a conference paper given by Carers Victoria at the June
2007 Festival of International Conferences on Caregiving, Disability,
Aging and Technology in Toronto, Canada. Gateway Menu
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