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CaregivingAssociated Press Reports on Caregiving Shortage ConcernDavid Crary, reporting for the Associated Press, finds that there will be a tremendous surge in America's elderly population in the next few decades, while the traditional labor pool for caregivers women from their mid-20s to mid-50s will hardly grow at all, thus making matters worse for a work force already troubled by low wages and high turnover. In his report, the ILC-USA's President & CEO Dr. Robert Butler is quoted as fearing that severe problems will persist until America figures out a way to include long-term care as part of basic, affordable health care coverage. "My impression is that baby boomers haven't really addressed the issues of aging yet they're more absorbed with how to avoid aging," [Butler] said. "We're facing a historic demographic change, and we do not have an adequate, well-trained work force from doctors down to basic in-home caregivers who know the details of aging." To read the article, picked up by ABC News, among other media outlets, visit our Related Links, below. Back
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