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Samantha Heath, Senior Lecturer in Nursing , University of Waikato

Nursing students are rejecting careers in aged care. A staffing crisis is coming

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A ministerial advisory group delivered a blunt verdict on the state of aged care in New Zealand last week.

The system, as it stands, cannot cope with the projected rise in the number of New Zealanders aged 65 or over, from 950,000 today to 1.3 million by 2040.

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