Management at this aged care facility come up with a last-ditch solution to the crippling housing shortage — bringing in shipping containers to house staff.
Mahee Wijewardhana is eager to get her driver's licence to open up more accommodation options.abc.net.au/news/bellingen-aged-care-facility-houses-nurses-shipping-containers/101814452A housing crisis gripping New South Wales has prompted one aged care facility to bring in a shipping container and demountables to attract nurses who cannot find anywhere to live.
"We've managed to put some people into our retirement village units, they've rented some houses, purchased a couple of houses," acting general manager Elizabeth Diebold said.Challenge in housing skilled staff Mahee Wijewardhana from Sri Lanka is staying in the shipping container home, and said it had taken some getting used to."[I'm] nice and comfortable."
But she said the housing situation was so dire, management had little choice but to think outside the box.
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