Report: Missouri must add thousands of home health, personal care aides

A new report from the Alzheimer’s Association forecasts Missouri will need 23,000 additional home health and personal care aides in six years.

The report estimates the Show-Me State will need 192 more geriatricians by 2050.

Nationwide, the Alzheimer’s Association predicts 10,000 more doctors for older adults will be needed by 2050, as well as 1 million more direct care workers in the next six years.

“They are gaps and shortages that will only get worse if we don’t act to address them, both in terms of workforce development and retention,” said Morgan Daven, vice president of health systems for the Alzheimer’s Association.

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