LeadingAge Staffing Survey:  Better Pay, Vaccine Avoidance, and Temporary Staffing Agencies are Top Concerns

LeadingAge Staffing Survey:  Better Pay, Vaccine Avoidance, and Temporary Staffing Agencies are Top Concerns

Staffing concerns are front and center in the daily lives of aging services providers, according to a LeadingAge pulse survey conducted in the last week of September.  Using an opportunity sample, the survey helps to illustrate what the workforce crisis looks like on the ground for LeadingAge members, on a variety of issues. The survey results are also useful in our advocacy with members of Congress and the Administration, particularly since the Congressional Infrastructure Package includes billions of dollars to address the aging services national workforce crisis.

You can access an article here that provides an overview of the responses, which indicate: 

  • 75% of the respondents indicated staff members were leaving their organizations because they were seeking better pay, and 62% reported “avoidance of taking the vaccine” as the reason;
  • 57% respondents indicated they are filling vacant positions with temporary or agency staff;
  • CNAs were the most difficult positions for 52% of the respondents to recruit; and
  • 42% of the respondents indicated they are experiencing significant challenges and were unable to admit residents or consumers.

An abridged version of the Staffing Survey can accessed here .

Questions?

Contact:

Laura Hofmann, MSN, RN – Director of Clinical and Nursing Facility Regulatory Services
c: 425-231-4804

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October 6, 2021