Nursing shortage affects long-term care
Monday, July 11th, 2005.
Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has estimated that jobs for direct-care workers in long-term care settings will grow by about 800,000 by 2010, or roughly 45 percent, while more than 1 million new and replacement nurses will be needed across the entire medical field by 2012. At present, nearly 96,000 nursing positions are vacant in long-term care facilities in the United States, with a staff turnover rate that exceeds 50 percent, according to an “Act Now for Your Tomorrow,” issued last April by the National Commission on Nursing Workforce for Long-Term Care.
In June 2002 the Alliance for Retired Americans released a study entitled “Nursing Home Care: When Will We Get it Right?” blaming the lack of quality care in nursing homes on understaffing. George J. Kourpias, the ARA’s president, said “a major conclusion of the report is that much of the neglect and abuse suffered by nursing home residents is due to a severe shortage of trained nursing staff.”
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