Tag: nursing home
This post was written by Harry Margolis, a new contributor to the Squared Away Blog. I’ve been ringing the alarm about the coming elder care crisis beginning in about a decade when the oldest baby boomers start reaching their late 80s. One of the biggest challenges will be the shortage of direct care workers. PHI,…
COVID has wreaked havoc on the nursing home industry’s staffing. Prior to COVID, only one in five nursing homes had to hire some of their workers from outside agencies to fill in as caregivers for their patients. Today, nearly half are using agency staff, who are providing more and more hours of the direct car…
