POSTED ON MONDAY, July 13, 2020
A constant struggle for hospice and palliative care providers is staffing. So many workers leave the home health care aid workforce due to retirement, burnout or lack of opportunity for career advancement, it is a constant struggle. Creating a career path for these workers could boost new staff, increase retention and lower turnover rates.
“Currently, the specialty workforce is just too small to meet demand,” said Brynn Bowman, chief strategy officer, Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC). “The relationship between the supply and demand of palliative and end-of-life care teams is overwhelmingly short-staffed. We hear tons of reports of clinicians working ‘round the clock. We need and want to provide more training avenues so that people enter these specialties because there’s a workforce shortage.”
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