Home Care Worker Wages Stagnate, Despite Surge In Medicaid Spending

Home Health Care News December 10, 2024
Audrie Martin

Home care worker jobs are experiencing significant growth in the U.S., as highlighted in a study by the Monthly Labor Review. With an aging population, many individuals who require assistance with daily living activities prefer to stay in their homes rather than move to a facility. However, a recent study found that despite an increase in Medicaid spending on home- and community-based services (HCBS), the wages for home care workers have not changed.

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics conducted a study to estimate the relationship between changes in HCBS expenditures and factors such as workforce size, hourly wages and hours worked. They used models that accounted for demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, the number...

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