As baby boomers age, Dr. Gruss said, the nursing shortage will only become more acute — particularly in the arena of long-term care.
Speaker:
Valerie Gruss, Ph.D., CNP-BC, clinical assistant professor, Department of Biobehavioral Health Science, University of Illinois/Chicago School of Nursing
Panel description:
Today, well before the Boomer pig-in-the-python has hit, a little more than 12.7 percent of Americans are over of 65 and the health care system is struggling to care for them. The problem is finding people with the high- and low-level skills needed to deliver care. This session will focus on what those in medicine, nursing, rehabilitation and in-home care are doing to maximize resources for increasingly long-lived seniors and what they are doing to plan for the future.
