employees at long-term care facilities, researchers said.
The analysis also included “non-formal” direct care health workers, those who are independently hired by either families or non-medical facilities to provide care for aging and disabled folks.
Attempts to limit immigration will serve to further deplete a system that’s already struggling to find enough workers to care for the aging and infirm, Zallman said.
America’s elderly population is expected to double by 2050, and it’s projected that 3.5 million additional health care workers will be needed by 2030, the researchers said in background notes.
“We’re already seeing workforce shortages in health care, and specifically in direct care,” Zallman said. “My patients are being cared for by immigrant populations, but many of them have a
