COVID-19 and Workers at Risk: Examining the Long-Term Care Workforce

The Kaiser Family Foundation has created this analysis that focuses on the characteristics of the 4.5 million people who work in long-term care (LTC) settings. Here are some of the key findings:

• The long-term care workforce consists of a variety of occupations and workers with different levels of direct day-to-day patient contact, but most of the 4.5 million LTC workers are in close, frequent contact with patients. 
• LTC workers overall are disproportionately lower-wage workers. 
• While most LTC workers are under 50 years of age, nearly 4 in 10 are 50 or older (38%), including 7% who are 65 and older. 
• The vast majority of LTC workers are female (82%), and a disproportionate share are Black (26%). 

https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/covid-19-and-workers-at-risk-examining-the-long-term-care-workforce/