Higher wages are needed to encourage people into a fantastic job, says older people's commissioner.
He did not know he had Covid or what had happened until he woke up a month later in Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil.
One of his carers, Emma Rosser, who has worked at the home for more than six years, described it as rewarding but challenging at times. "Right now older people are suffering, unpaid carers are suffering, so we have to attend to the immediate and that is doing all we can to make sure the workforce is sustained and supported," she said."It's good that the real living wage is being paid, but it cannot be the case that if you work in social care and you're doing something that is pretty much the same as a role in the health service that you're paid less.
Social care is vital to support people while they wait for NHS services and it is also vital to ensure people can leave hospital as promptly as possible. The Welsh government said: "We recognise the incredible role care workers play and are committed to improving working conditions and making it a more attractive career.
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