“Right now, there are two major crises hitting the nursing home industry. First, younger workers simply do not have the same patience to remain in a nursing home when they feel so disrespected and paid a poverty wage. Second, workers with years of experience and deep expertise are also leaving.
The candle is being burned from both ends – and unless workers start earning better wages, with “real benefits” like retirement security, and end to short-staffing, and affordable healthcare our workforce will continue to hollow out in a constant downward spiral. We need a solution to this short-staffing crisis because we have families too. We have our own health needs to manage. Just because I “can” handle short staffing on a particular shift doesn’t mean I should have to feel exhausted after every single day I go to work. It’s time to demand real accountability for the nursing home industry.”

Anita thompson