The home health care industry's workforce shrank by about 3.1% from February 2020 to February 2021, according to the nonprofit research and consulting firm Altarum. In terms of raw employment figures, that translates to an overall loss of about 47,000 home health professionals.

At first glance, a loss of 47,000 home health workers may not seem too steep, especially considering the extraordinarily difficult circumstances of a global pandemic.

But home health operators had already been feeling labor-supply pressures long before the public health emergency, with recruitment and retention being top priorities for practically all agencies.

In our next episode, we speak with Kathleen Carmody. She is the owner of Senior Matters Home Health Care And Consulting. We get more insight into the home healthcare workforce issues. It affects not only home healthcare business owners, but families who are using them to care for their loved ones.

Coming to your podcast player Monday, January 31, 2022.

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