Dignity at risk: hospice care faces critical worker shortage amidst policy challenges

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Officials are giving dire predictions for the future of palliative care and hospice care.

There’s a rapidly growing need for nurses and healthcare workers in those areas, including home healthcare and nursing home workers. Educators and facilitators in those areas of care are working to prevent a crisis that’s expected to peak in less than a decade.

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