The aging society, and thus a systematic increase in the population of people who are 60 years old, is a problem that experts pay attention to from today. UN forecasts indicate that by 2050 the number of PO will exceed 1.6 billion. In 2022, 771 million lived such people. This creates challenges not only for the health and retirement system, but also for employers and the labor market, where there will be more and more older employees. The problem also applies to the competition for which the demand will grow every year. The Ministry of Education has published a list of “future professions”. He came across her for the first time The profession of a guardian of the elderly.
Senior guardians are missing. “We will look for solutions”
The demand is high today, in addition, young people do not decide to educate in this direction. The medical professional study in Lublin has the direction of the guardian of the elderly. According to rmf24.pl, since 2013 it has not opened a single branch, and Over the past 12 years, only two people asked about this direction.
– I think that information and showing young people to this great social change that is ahead of us will probably make them want to gain this education in this direction – argued Deputy Minister of Education Joanna Mucha in an interview with RMF24.pl. She added that it was a “difficult profession” requiring nursing competences. She also emphasized that the ministry is already planning to act. – It seems to me that the path is to indicate that this profession will be needed and it will be, I am convinced of it, higher and higher. We will look for solutions she added.
How much does the carer of an elderly person earn in 2025? Most in Warsaw
Although this is one of the competitions with the future, which is almost 100 percent. They give a guarantee of employment in subsequent years, they are missing. This also applies to carers in the Nursing Home. One of the reasons is low, for many people disproportionate to the requirements, responsibility and difficulties they have to face in this profession. Carers employed in social assistance organizational units may be local government employees, and thus, are subject to the regulation on the remuneration of local government employees. According to Gazeta Prawna, in 2025 A senior guardian can count on a minimum of PLN 4,892 gross per month. What about employment in the private sector?
From January 1 The minimum wage is PLN 4,666 gross. According to the portal of Raście.pl, citing a nationwide remuneration survey, The carers of the elderly earn on average from 4480 to 5910 PLN gross, the median is 5090 PLN. Private individuals are looking for carers for a casual, a few hours a day, which also translates into lower earnings. The most, according to business.interia.pl, earn in the capital. In Warsaw, a private Senior House tempts from 5600 to 9500 PLN.
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Source: Gazeta
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