Home care workers need better safety measures to ensure sustainable workforce

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A Monash Business School research review has found up to 20% of home care workers are injured on the job every year and almost half will endure at least one serious injury during their career
More than one-quarter experience physical or verbal violence at work and 70% warn they are regularly exposed to badly managed health and safety hazards
The research review came from 49 pieces of both national and international literature regarding the physical and psychological safety faced by in-home carers

Period	5 Mar 2024

Title	Home care workers need better safety measures to ensure sustainable workforce
Degree of recognition	National
Media name/outlet	HelloCare
Media type	Web
Duration/Length/Size	400 to 500 words
Country/Territory	Australia
Date	5/03/24
Description	A Monash Business School research review has found up to 20% of home care workers are injured on the job every year and almost half will endure at least one serious injury during their career. More than one-quarter experience physical or verbal violence at work and 70% warn they are regularly exposed to badly managed health and safety hazards. The research review came from 49 pieces of both national and international literature regarding the physical and psychological safety faced by in-home carers
Producer/Author	Bianca Iovino
URL	https://hellocare.com.au/home-care-workers-need-better-safety-measures-to-ensure-sustainable-workforce/
Persons	Herman Tse