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The shortage of workers to provide skilled, compassionate care is one of the seminal challenges of our time, not only for those of us working in the aging space, but for the 70% of us who will someday need their assistance. As the pandemic wanes, it will be all too easy for policymakers to lose sight of the critical lessons we have learned about the importance of direct care work over the past two
years. I encourage each of us to take every opportunity to talk with elected officials about the need for urgent action on this serious issue.
in-home care, increase and train the direct care workforce and raise wages was ultimately cut from the Biden administration's infrastructure bill. The administration has indicated an ongoing commitment to address these challenges at the federal level, though there is no current plan pending.
W. Mark Clark President & CEO
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