There is a shortage of people in social services, especially in direct care. Several factors are to blame – low financial remuneration, low prestige of these professions and also considerable mental and physical demands of the work. Because of this, even graduates in the given fields do not rush into it. If this trend continues, there is a risk that, for example, there will be no one to take care of the elderly in residential services.
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There is a shortage of people in social services, especially in direct care. Several factors are to blame – low financial remuneration, low prestige of these professions and also considerable mental and physical demands of the work. Because of this, even graduates in the given fields do not rush into it. If this trend continues, there is a risk that, for example, there will be no one to take care of the elderly in residential services.