PHOTOS: GERARD O’BRIENDunedin support workers who drive across town for their job are worried fuel price increases will eat up a lot of their income. Dunedin residential home care support worker Juliette Young said transport costs for healthcare workers had been hefty. I don't think anyone could really live on the wage we're on [today].’’If nothing was done more support workers would quit the profession and vulnerable people ‘‘would be left alone in their pyjamas all day’’, she said. Drivers line up to make the most of cheaper fuel at the NPD station in Andersons Bay Rd yesterday. Several others said increased fuel prices had left support and home-care workers unable to afford to travel the long distances required.
