“JAWS” Strategy Seeks to Address Colorado’s Critical Shortage of Long-Term Care Workers
By the year 2030, statistical projections say the shortage of workers in long-term care may reach 115,000 in Colorado. At that time, the state’s 65+ population will have climbed to 1.2 million, and it is generally estimated that 50 to 70% of people age 65+ will need long-term care at some time in their life. In Colorado the growth in numbers of older adults will be greatest in the 80-89 and 90+ cohorts, ages in which the need for long-term care is also greatest. So the crunch in the caregiver workforce is plain to see. But there are initiatives underway that seek to address this shortage and build a caregiver pipeline to meet the growing demand. One has been focusing primarily on younger career-seeking candidates; another is looking at bringing more older workers into caregiving. You can read about these efforts and about today’s caregiving workforce issues in our AgeWise Colorado article at [INSERT LINK TO FULL ARTICLE.]
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