Caregiving Organizations... It's Time to STOP Crossing Our Fingers
I spend A LOT of time thinking about caregivers.... Like.... A LOT (you may have noticed). It's no secret that without caregivers, there would be NO caregiving organizations. Yet, changes to the labor market both with respect to caregivers and other "non-skilled" workforces has dramatically increased the difficulty of recruiting and retaining caregivers. You don't need a lot of insight to see this fact. Just talk with a few leaders of care organizations. I talk with these leaders all the time. New owners, folks who've been in business a couple of years, organizations that have been around for 15+, and the theme I hear is pretty common. "We hire one and lose two." "I can't seem to keep [my caregivers] around for more than a month." "I'm turning away clients because I can't staff the shifts." There are, of course, lots of theories behind why this is and when it will improve. "Once COVID is over, they will come back.