Category Society & Demographics

The Caregiver Shortage

A caregiver walking alongside an elderly person using a walker in a long term care facility, illustrating the growing demand for elder care.

Why Aging Societies Are Running Out of People to Provide Care Across OECD countries, the long term care workforce needs to grow by 13.5 million people by 2040 just to hold the current ratio of caregivers to elderly people steady.…