More carers will be needed to look after an ageing population GETTY IMAGESTransition-year students should be made to take a module on caring so that they can consider it as a career, the head of an organisation representing carers has said. Joseph Musgrave, chief executive of Home and Community Care Ireland, which represents 12,000 workers, spoke to The Times before a joint Oireachtas health committee meeting today at which he will say that attracting and retaining talented carers was crucial to prevent a “race to the bottom on pay”. Mr Musgrave said: “We think it is vital that we broaden the base of available workers. Innovations are only limited by our imaginations. “A transition module for transition-year students would be an ideal opportunity to instil the value of caring in young people.”Caring should be thought of…

Source: The Times December 12, 2018 00:00 UTC