“Crisis in care | Lack of quality caregivers, constant turnover tough on the disabled, families,” by Rita Price, The Columbus Dispatch

Quote:

“Demand is soaring for a workforce to help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities live as they and their families choose. But low wages, high levels of responsibility and a lack of awareness about “direct-support professional” jobs has led to a staffing crisis that threatens the promise of community living for thousands of Ohioans and others throughout the nation.”

LTC Comment (from Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform):

Blame low reimbursement from public financing. Solution: more private financing at market rates.

Crisis in care | Lack of quality caregivers, constant turnover tough on the disabled, families

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