How Senior Care in the U.S.will
create more jobs
With the national unemployment
rate apparently falling below 9% for the first time in over two and half
years, the big question for many out-of-work Americans is “Where are all
the new jobs?”
It seems an aging U.S. population
is already creating new jobs for older Americans claims Seniorhelpers.com
CEO. It comes as no great surprise these days to hear the same mantra
– that we are becoming an aging population and heading towards an era where
we will have more seniors in our society, than those under 25.
This presents many challenges,
not least how caring for our elderly needs to adapt to meet this change,
and how our current senior care systems can meet this need.
What seems to be inevitable
is that the need for in-home care will increase, and more people will turn
to private home care agencies.
Seniorhelpers.com is a leading
in-home senior care company with over 300 locations across the United States.
They currently employ more than 6,000 caregivers, but are increasing their
employee roll-call by at least 2 new caregivers per location each week.
Their CEO, Peter Ross, claims that this sees them set to add an additional
3,000 new caregivers to their company this year alone.
Convert this case into what
is happening within the senior care industry as a whole, and this year,
the national senior care industry is on pace to hire around 100,000 new
in-home caregivers.
A great aspect of the booming
senior care job market is that it offers the prospect of employment to
many older Americans themselves, and can provide new employment to many
without a specific skill set.
The 37 million seniors which
account for 12% of the U.S. population will increase to around 70 million
within 20 years, meaning that one in every five Americans will be over
the age of 65.
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