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Understanding our migrant aged care workforce

This project, led by Dr Catriona Stevens with support from the Forrest Research Foundation, addresses critical workforce challenges faced by the Australian aged care sector. This study seeks to understand the experiences of migrants working in aged care and to develop policy responses to support recruitment, retention, and the delivery of quality care to older Australians.

A focus on workforce issues requires forging new pathways of knowledge, in particular the pressing need for comprehensive understanding of the experiences and perspectives of the workers themselves, especially those from migrant backgrounds.

Public policy currently underemphasises the significance and the potential of cultural and linguistic diversity in the aged care workforce. In response to limitations in research on workforce diversity issues, this project forges a new pathway. By using a qualitative grounded theory approach and considering the holistic experiences of workers, including factors outside of the workplace, this project aims to deliver an understanding of the personal perspectives of aged care staff from migrant backgrounds that is currently insufficiently developed in Australian scholarship and policy decision-making.

Funding agency

This project was initially funded through a Forrest Prospect Fellowship (2021-2023).

Project duration

2022 – ongoing

Researchers

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