McKnight’s Senior Living May 16, 2022
Every sector in healthcare has felt the sting of the current worker shortage, but none more so than long-term care, according to a report issued this month by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
Although hospitals lost 32,900 employees between December 2020 and December 2021, skilled nursing and residential care facilities lost more than 145,000 workers, according to the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that the long-term care sector has lost more than 400,000 employees since the start of the pandemic.
“Providers are doing everything they can to recruit and retain staff, but we need government...
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