{"id":136,"date":"2023-10-12T12:05:21","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T12:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.csg.org\/long-term-care\/?page_id=136"},"modified":"2025-03-24T17:24:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T17:24:51","slug":"expanding-the-pipeline","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.csg.org\/long-term-care\/state-strategies-to-revitalize-the-long-term-care-workforce\/expanding-the-pipeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Expanding the Pipeline"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Between 2018 and 2028<\/a>, a projected 8.2 million jobs in the direct care workforce will open. The home care workforce is projected to add one million jobs by the end of the decade, more than any other occupation in the U.S. Four and a half million job openings will be a result of increased demand, workers moving into other occupations and workers exiting the labor force. Additionally, many states report worsening labor shortages<\/a>\u00a0during the pandemic. An estimated 420,000 direct care workers left the nursing home workforce<\/a> over the last two years. For all direct care workers, the national annual turnover rate<\/a> is estimated to be between 40 and 60%, with home care agencies reporting even higher rates, from 65-89%. The U.S. could experience<\/a> a shortage of 151,000 direct care workers by 2030 and a shortage of 355,000 workers by 2040.<\/p>

Individuals who are not usually attracted to long-term care jobs, such as high school students and displaced and post-retirement age workers, could be encouraged<\/a> with the right incentives from government and the right messaging from community agencies. For example, a long-term care council in Pennsylvania<\/strong> recommended<\/a> that the commonwealth implement incentives \u2014 such as loan forgiveness, tuition assistance and academic credit \u2014 to encourage college students to enter the direct care workforce. Apprenticeships and other paid work-based learning opportunities can recruit workers by removing training costs as a barrier. Such programs create more coordination<\/a> across state agencies focused on employment, education and workforce development.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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