The Looming Crisis in Home Health Care Deep cuts to Medicaid may force states to decrease spending for the hiring of workers critical to the care of disabled and elderly Americans.

Some 87% of #directcareworkers are women, 65% are low-wage, and 28% are Black; 41% are aged 50 or older Nursing assistants, home health aides, and personal care aides are poorly paid and likely to be uninsured.

challenges to hiring and retaining a stable workforce, and to advance access in Medicaid HCBS.

#Medicaid #HCBS #MedicaidAccessRule #DisabilityPolicy #DirectCareWorkers #DirectCareWorker

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PHI Report: Direct Care Wages Lag Behind Direct care wages lag behind comparable wages in other industries. And it is getting worse in some states.

PHI reports that direct care workers are losing the battle against inflation and earning a living wage. Workers in traditional fast food industries fare better than direct care workers in most US states.

#directcareworkers #homecare #homehealth

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Opinion | Men in Caring Jobs Will Make Society More Equal Less stigma against male caregivers is all to the good.

Men in Caring Jobs Will Make Society More Equal. The number of male registered #nurses in the U.S. has nearly tripled since the early 2000s,” going “from about 140,000 in 2000 to about 400,000 in 2023. #directcareworkers www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/o...

Could worker cooperatives be a fix for the home care worker shortage? The role of direct care worker is in short supply—the field is expected to add only a fourth of the jobs it needs in the next eight years.

could coops help solve the direct care worker crisis? My new article for @harvardchanschool.bsky.social looks at the possibilities.
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