Path toward economic resilience for family caregivers: mitigating household deprivation and the health care talent shortage at the same time.

ABSTRACT: Rising costs and a workforce talent shortage are two of the health care industry's most pressing challenges. In particular, serious illnesses often impose significant costs on individuals and their families, which can place families at an increased risk for multigenerational economic deprivation or even an illness-poverty trap. At the same time, family caregivers often acquire a wide variety of health care skills that neither these caregivers nor the health care industry typically use. As these skills are marketable and could be paired with many existing medical certifications, this article describes a possible "path toward economic resilience" (PER) through a program whereby family caregivers could find meaningful employment using their new skills. The proposed program would identify idea

SUBMITTER: Simon MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3771674 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature