Find two fact sheets; the first presents occupational employment projections for the three job titles that make up the direct-care workforce: nursing assistants, home health aides, and personal and home care aides, and suggests that over the next decade, the nation’s direct-care workforce will constitute the largest, fastest-growing group of jobs in the country. The second provides a detailed overview of the demographic and economic characteristics of the direct-care workforce. 

 

Caregiving; Bureau of Labor Statistics; BLS; Current Population Survey; Occupational Projections for Direct-Care Workers 2008-2018; FACTS 1; FACTS 3; Who Are Direct-Care Workers?; state-by-state employment figures; The Direct-Care Worker at a Glance, 2008 

State/Agency Information, Workforce/Direct Care 

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PHI 

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05/06/2010 

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