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Falling short on solving the care crisis, now and in the future

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Boston Consulting Group analyzed the care crisis recently asserts that the lack of paid or unpaid care workers to provide care of children or aging parents may prevent them from filling unfilled jobs, noting the 99 million people today who are not in the workforce. What role (if any) does technology play in dealing with shortages?

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AI and the Future of Care Work

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Care workers – it’s not a shortage – it’s a crisis. From the national home care associations , a report in March: “The workforce shortage in home-based care has reached crisis proportions. Home health care providers currently report turning away over 25% of referred patients due to staff shortages.”

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Five trends that matter for older adults and caregivers in 2024 and beyond

Aging in Place Technology Watch

These trends include the possible future role of AI , that can help address workforce issues and provide benefit over the coming months and years: Older adults continue to live in their own homes. Shortage of workers will worsen in 2024. category tags: AI and machine learning , senior living , Home Care , seniors and aging policy

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Tech and the future of care work – five research midpoint observations

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Staffing shortages drive innovation in care work. category tags: Family caregivers , Home Care , home health care , healthcare , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health The cost of in-home care, according to Genworth Financial, averages around $5000.

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Did you miss one? Four Aging and Health Tech Blog Posts June 2023

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Care workers – it’s not a shortage – it’s a crisis. From the national home care associations , a report in March: “The workforce shortage in home-based care has reached crisis proportions. Home health care providers currently report turning away over 25% of referred patients due to staff shortages.”

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Consider the context of tech change in 2023

Aging in Place Technology Watch

The care worker shortage has spurring more uses of technology in nursing homes and long term care settings. There is a workforce crisis spreading across in-home care services. And it is not just them Government too is motivated to enable them to remain there, even when it may not make the most sense.

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Nursing community collaboration on the European COVID-19 front-lines

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telehealth Women In Health IT Workforce The pandemic has underlined the importance of nurses working together and ensuring we are better prepared for any future crisis, as highlighted during the 'European Nurses Facing COVID-19' webinar. are lower than Spain (9.7) which is three times lower than Germany (29.2).

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