Theme Issue: Who Will Care for Older People? Workforce Issues in a Changing Society.

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ERIC Number: EJ625978

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2001

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Theme Issue: Who Will Care for Older People? Workforce Issues in a Changing Society.

Generations, v25 n1 p5-91 Spr 2001

Contains 16 articles exploring the following: the impact of sociodemographic change on long-term care; current concerns and future challenges in recruiting and retaining health care workers; the responses of social work, geriatric medicine, nurse practitioner, and allied health educators to the growing demand; and the increased need for volunteer, informal, and paraprofessional caregivers. (SK)

Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Geriatrics, Health Personnel, Labor Needs, Long Term Care, Older Adults, Older Workers, Recruitment, Volunteers

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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