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Home care aides keep working amid massive health risks

Posted on July 15, 2020

Originally published July 15, 2020 by Forbes
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A home care aide wearing a mask assists an elderly man wearing a mask doing an arm exercise.

During the first three months of the coronavirus pandemic, the labor force lost 232,000 home health care workers, most of whom resigned, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Those who quit were on average younger, healthier and more financially secure. The remaining 3.2 million workers are more likely to have disabilities themselves, be older than 55 and be a member of a racial or ethnic minority.

Read the full story from Forbes here.

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