TULSA: People looking after sick or elderly loved-ones could be recruited to help avert a disastrous shortage of care workers as the population ages, the head of a care training group has suggested.
She is calling for those already looking after frail, elderly or disabled relatives to be offered training and professional qualifications to encourage them to move into a career in the care sector when their current responsibilities for loved-ones come to an end.
Crucially, she said, the unpaid care they are currently providing could count towards credits on courses to help create a properly trained and qualified care workforce…