The severe aging services workforce shortage continues to impact long-term care providers across the country. LeadingAge’s ongoing advocacy to create new and support existing workforce solutions strengthens as key change-makers like the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee request information and discussion from LeadingAge as they review and consider potential solutions.

As LeadingAge told the HELP Committee, the workforce crisis will balloon and worsen as the population continues to age, with Americans over 65 outnumbering those under age 18 fewer than 10 years from now. Half of those turning age 65 today will need some level of health care assistance and help meeting daily needs like eating, using the bathroom, bathing, and walking.

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