Pennsylvania Auditor General Releases Recommendations To Build Long-Term Care Workforce Capacity

Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale recommends that the state build its long-term care workforce capacity to prepare for a projected 74% surge in the number of state residents over age 65 by 2040. The recommendations are directed to employers and state-level stakeholders.

The recommendations to employers were as follows:

Compensation should focus on increasing retention and reducing turnover by raising wages for direct care staff, increasing non-salary benefits, or offering opportunities to cross train and rotate physically and emotionally demanding direct care roles.
Nurses and aides should be included in organizational safety and care decisions.
Partnerships should . . .