HomeCare March 27, 2023
NAHC and HCAOA have brought together industry leaders to create The Home Care Workforce Crisis: An Industry Report and Call to Action.
Washington, D.C.—The United States is facing an unprecedented crisis in developing an adequate workforce of homecare aides and nurses to care for the country’s burgeoning elderly and disabled population. It is estimated that between 2020 and 2030, the number of U.S. citizens 85 years of age or older will double, from the current 2.4 million. Such growth in the U.S. aged population exacerbates the current shortage of caregivers that over 12 million Americans of all ages rely on today. With an annual turnover rate of 64% and Medicaid reimbursement that has not kept pace with wage inflation, the...