Personal Care Aides: Assessing Self-Care Needs And Worker Shortages In Rural Areas

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Results of a study addressing the need for and supply of workers to provide personal care services in rural communities. Features statistics on characteristics of personal care aides employed during 2013-2017 with breakdowns by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and county-level maps showing percentages of adults with self-care disabilities and supply of personal care aides per 1,000 adults with self-care disabilities.

Susan A. Chapman, Lillie Greiman, Timothy Bates et al.

Health Affairs, 41(10)

10/2022

Access · Health workforce supply and demand · Home and community-based services · People with disabilities · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data