"Immigration policy is long-term care policy," said David Grabowski, emphasizing how foreign-born workers significantly filled key nursing home roles during the pandemic, improving care quality.
Grabowski noted that regions with more foreign-born nursing assistants provided better care, warning that tightening immigration would exacerbate workforce challenges in long-term care.
The American Immigration Council estimates that over one-third of home health aides in the U.S. are immigrants, with states like California seeing up to 40%.
According to PHI, the long-term care sector will need to fill 9.3 million job openings by 2031, as both demand increases and current workers leave.
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