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Caring for America's aging population: a profile of the direct-care workforce

Source: Reagan Baughman and Kristin Smith, Monthly Labor Review, Vol. 130, Number 9, September 2007

Direct-care workers make up a low-wage, high-turnover workforce, but the demand is growing for long-term care by an aging U.S. population