Staff-Strapped Nursing Homes Look To New Americans for Help

MinnPost

Jan 9, 2025

Details the findings of a recent survey on workforce shortages at Minnesota long-term care facilities. Discusses the relationship between staffing shortages and long-term care facility closures, which have been concentrated in rural Minnesota. Highlights the growing number of facilities that are recruiting workers from other countries, and efforts to streamline the recruitment and immigration processes.

Closures of healthcare facilities and services · Health aides and assistants · Health workforce supply and demand · Immigrants · Long-term care · Nurses · Recruitment and retention of health professionals · Statistics and data · Minnesota