New Initiatives Needed to Build Skilled Caregiver Workforce

The ramifications go beyond state and federal budget deficits to impacting the lives of several generations of families. We are on our way to becoming a nation of caregivers, a job description we are largely unprepared to fill.

The challenge starts with a growing need contrasted with too few skilled workers able to provide support at all levels, from administrative and maintenance to skilled nurses, senior counselors and medical professionals. We need improved education — from high school through advanced college degrees — to increase the understanding of the challenges of an aging society and develop new skills that can begin closing the gap.

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