Home health care agencies across the country are facing a staffing shortage that shows no sign of easing. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects over 765,000 openings per year for home health aides alone through 2034, and nurse vacancy rates remain stubbornly high. But here is what many agency leaders are only now realizing: the […]
Home health care agencies are facing a workforce shortage that shows no signs of easing. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects more than 765,000 job openings per year through 2034 for home health and personal care aides, while demand continues to outpace supply. In 2024 alone, over four million patients did not receive physician-recommended home […]
Home health care agencies across the country are facing a familiar set of pressures: demand is surging, staffing shortages persist, and margins are tightening. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects more than 765,000 openings per year for home health aides through 2034, yet industry turnover rates hover near 79 percent. In this environment, many agency […]
The home health care workforce shortage isn’t going away anytime soon. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects more than 765,000 annual openings for personal care aides through 2034, and nearly 195,000 for registered nurses every year. Meanwhile, the U.S. home care sector faces an estimated 6.1 million total job openings — ranking second among all […]
Home health care agencies across the country are facing a workforce crisis that shows no signs of easing. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects more than 765,000 annual openings for home health aides through 2034, while 54 percent of agency leaders cite staffing shortages as their single biggest barrier to growth. But here is what […]
Home health care agencies across the country are facing a staffing reality that hiring alone cannot fix. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects over 765,000 aide openings per year through 2034, and more than four million patients already missed recommended home health services in 2024 due to capacity constraints. But here is what many agency […]
If you run a home health care agency, you already know the daily juggling act. Matching the right caregivers to the right patients, factoring in skills, locations, time windows, and last-minute changes — it’s a puzzle that grows more complicated with every new referral. For too long, agencies have relied on spreadsheets, phone trees, and […]