Underpaid, Overworked, and Essential: Oregon’s Long-Term Care Crisis
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Underpaid, Overworked, and Essential: Oregon’s Long-Term Care Crisis
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As the number of elderly Oregonians surpasses the number of children, demand for long-term care is rising. But the workers who provide this essential care are underpaid, overworked, and leaving the industry at alarming rates.
Melissa Unger, Executive Director of SEIU Local 503, which represents tens of thousands of long-term care workers across Oregon, describes the physically and emotionally demanding nature of care work, the low wages and poor benefits many workers face, and the devastating impact of high turnover on both workers and the seniors and people with disabilities they care for.
The episode also explores a potential policy solution: workforce standards boards. David Madland of the Center for American Progress explains how these boards work, where they’ve already been implemented, and how they could help stabilize Oregon’s long-term care workforce.