Older Workers: An Opportunity to Expand the Long-Term Care/Direct Care Labor Force

From Robert Woods Johnson:

Older workers are a population that could prove helpful in addressing the impending shortage in the direct care workforce. ..

Key Findings:                      

• Older workers
  expressed interest in jobs in the long-term care industry. They
  preferred to work in home health agencies as opposed to direct care
  jobs in nursing homes.
• Nursing home and home health agency employers have positive views on older workers.
• Employers
  may be discouraged from hiring older workers due to beliefs that older
  workers have higher health care costs and do not want to use technology.
• Organizations
  that focus on employment for and training of older workers can
  facilitate older workers taking jobs in long-term care.

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