Who Will Care for Rural Older Adults? Measuring the Direct Care Workforce in Rural Areas (journal article)
Date
02/2023
Journal
Journal of Applied Gerontology
Description
In this manuscript, the research team used data from the 2021 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics dataset to calculate the ratio of direct care workers relative to the population of older adults (ages 65+) across rural and urban areas in the US.
Center
University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
Authors
Janette Dill, Carrie Henning-Smith, Rongxuan Zhu, Elizabeth Vomacka