I’m an AIN in a nursing home and I’m being asked to help in the laundry on night duty. I have heard this isn’t allowed as I’m classed as a direct care worker.

The funding arrangements for aged care workers provides specific money for workers to provide direct care to residents through direct care minutes. If you are paid using direct care minute funding then you should only be asked to provide direct care to residents, not laundry or housekeeping.

There’s a list provided by the Australian Government which tells you what a direct care activity is and what’s not, click to here view.