{"id":1582,"date":"2018-07-24T11:37:53","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T09:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/?post_type=article&p=1582"},"modified":"2018-07-25T09:27:33","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T07:27:33","slug":"naghtu-izjed-attenzjoni-lill-carers","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/article\/naghtu-izjed-attenzjoni-lill-carers\/","title":{"rendered":"We need to pay more attention to carers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cLet\u2019s\u00a0take care of our carers!\u201d How often have we read or heard these words with reference to\u00a0healthcare\u00a0professionals?\u00a0It is a good sentiment,\u00a0but\u00a0how can\u00a0it be fulfilled\u00a0in light of the complexities of patients\u2019\u00a0illnesses, ever-growing healthcare teams and financial realities? Adequate remuneration for staff and the creation of a decent, uplifting environment are all well and good, but\u00a0are\u00a0insufficient.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We know that many care workers experience a great deal of stress and are overburdened with work, so much so that the environment and working conditions are affecting their work satisfaction. Some consider leaving and looking for alternative work.\u00a0 This can affect the quality of care provided to patients.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Malta is not spared this reality.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A new report published by the International Labour Organisation (ILO)\u00a0shows that investment in the\u00a0healthcare\u00a0economy needs to double if a\u00a0world crisis in\u00a0healthcare\u00a0is to be avoided.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Healthcare\u00a0is\u00a0important for people\u2019s welfare and the economy. We are, however, moving towards a world crisis in\u00a0healthcare\u00a0because there are not enough workers to take care of people in need. It is said that jobs in\u00a0healthcare\u00a0generally do not pay.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2015, 2.1 billion children, elderly people and people with special needs needed\u00a0healthcare. By 2030, this figure is expected to rise\u00a0by\u00a0200 million people.\u00a0At present there are 381 million care workers\u00a0caring for\u00a0these vulnerable people. Tens of thousands of workers are doing unpaid and unrecognised work in the healthcare sector. If we were to quantify this work, it would come out as equivalent to 2 billion people working eight hours a day without pay. Three quarters of this unpaid care work is done by women.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

During this year, 606 million\u00a0women could not work with pay because healthcare work is not paid. Notwithstanding, the ILO report\u00a0states that 70% of women prefer to be paid for the work they do and many men are increasing their contribution to the healthcare sector.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To avoid a world crisis and reach sustainable development targets, the ILO is calling for extensive changes to policies\u00a0so that care work is recognised, lessened and redistributed.\u00a0 The ILO is also asking for the investment in the\u00a0healthcare\u00a0economy to be doubled. This can lead to the creation of 269 million new jobs and the provision of decent work for all care workers, including those care workers who work in community homes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  \u201cLet\u2019s\u00a0take care of our carers!\u201d How often have we read or heard these words with reference to\u00a0healthcare\u00a0professionals?\u00a0It is a good sentiment,\u00a0but\u00a0how can\u00a0it be fulfilled\u00a0in light of the complexities of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1583,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"spay_email":""},"issuem_issue":[68],"issuem_issue_categories":[7],"issuem_issue_tags":[],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"2.8.8","language":"en","enabled_languages":["mt","en"],"languages":{"mt":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/1582"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1582"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/1582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1604,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/1582\/revisions\/1604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue?post=1582"},{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue_categories?post=1582"},{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue_tags?post=1582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}