Home Care Jobs Will Grow
By Stephen Tweed How serious is the Caregiver Recruiting and Retention Crisis? According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), four of the top six fastest growing jobs in America will be in home health care, hospice, and private pay in-home care. In the Occupational Outlook Handbook published by BLS, here are the top six occupations for new jobs between 2014 and 2024: Personal Care aides – 458,100 new jobs, median annual pay – $21,920 Registered Nurses – 429,300 new jobs,
Number of Home Health Workers Has Grown 115% since 2000
By Mary Kate Nelson | May 9, 2017 Home health has been one of the fastest-growing health care sectors of the new millennium. In fact, the number of workers in home health care services grew by 115.1% between 2000 and 2016, according to an analysis from “Big Four” accounting firm Deloitte. About 728,800 of the 4.6 million health care jobs created between 2000 and 2016 were in home health care services, the analysis revealed. By comparison, the number of workers in outpatient