There are several factors that have contributed to the sudden rise in the need for care work and care workers. It is not a simple case of blaming one system or reason over another. What is true is that there is plenty of work out there for anybody wishing to become a care assistant or for those who are already in the field looking to move on to somewhere new and maybe advance their career. Just looking at Health Care Jobs Gloucester shows that there are plenty of opportunities out there for anybody wishing to enter the field all looking to see what’s available.
The reasons for the increasing number of care job’s comes mainly from two factors. The first is that we are an increasingly eating population. Better diets, access to sunlight, health and safety regulations at work, increased workers rights and holiday time, the National Health Service and just general sense of better economic prospects has meant that we are all starting to live longer. whilst these longevity figures are somewhat under threat with that decline of the NHS and the general falling off in physical well-being the generation of the silence and the boomers need to be cared for and they are growing.
The second is that local authorities and governments no longer seek to have responsibility for caring ; this has been transferred through to local communities and care has become big business for many with huge profits being made by companies.