Direct Care/Support Workers Report High Rates Of Financial Hardship

Direct care/support workers reported higher rates of financial hardship than four other groups of health care professionals, according to a recent analysis of data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau. In addition to direct care/support workers, the analysis included data for physicians and surgeons, nurses, other diagnosing or treating practitioners, and health technologists and technicians.

Finding that wages were insufficient to meet basic needs for some health care workers, the study pointed to what it described as significant inequities in the health care workforce. “Racial and ethnic minority groups were disproportionately represented in low-wage, direct care . . .