Moore S T
University of Tennessee, College of Social Work, Nashville 37209.
Health Mark Q. 1990;8(1-2):135-9. doi: 10.1300/J026v08n01_12.
A recent analysis of data from the Bureau of Labor statistics raise serious implications for the long-term care industry. The human resource problems faced by managers in long-term care will escalate into a fullblown crisis by the end of this century. This will result from a decrease in the number of young workers available to work in unskilled and semiskilled occupations. The effect of this shortage will be exaggerated by an expansion of other sectors of the service industry. Long-term care facilities will be forced to compete with the fast food and retail industry as well as other sectors of the health industry for scarce workers. This article briefly examines the causes, consequences of this problem and suggests several strategies to mitigate the effect of the coming labor shortage.
美国劳工统计局最近的数据分析对长期护理行业产生了严重影响。到本世纪末，长期护理机构管理人员面临的人力资源问题将升级为全面危机。这将是由于从事非熟练和半熟练职业的年轻工人数量减少所致。服务业其他部门的扩张将加剧这种短缺的影响。长期护理机构将被迫与快餐业、零售业以及医疗行业的其他部门竞争稀缺的工人。本文简要探讨了这一问题的成因、后果，并提出了几种策略来减轻即将到来的劳动力短缺的影响。
