Women Caring for Women: A New Fact Sheet

from Health Care for health Care Workers:

A new fact sheet from HCHCW, Women Caring for Women
(pdf), examines the unique characteristics that are inherent to the
direct-care workforce because it is dominated by women. Some of the key
facts revealed in this publication:

• Women are 90 percent of the 3.1 million paid, professional caregivers in long-term care.
• Nearly two thirds (65 percent) of long-term care consumers are women.
• Nearly one in three direct-care workers lack health insurance coverage.