Turning Long-Term Care Into a Long-Term Career

There’s a severe shortage of people to care for older Americans in their homes and nursing facilities. And it’s only expected to get worse. Could providing long-term care workers with new career pathways be part of the solution?


Guests: 

Serena Maria, Manager of Care Teams, Homebridge

Mark Burns, Executive Director, Homebridge

Natasha Bryant, Senior Director of Workforce Research and Strategy, LeadingAge LTSS Center at UMass Boston 

Jonathan Gruber, PhD, Ford Professor of Economics, MIT


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