There’s a storm brewing in senior housing: Between wage pressures and work environments that can take an emotional and physical toll, senior living providers are scrambling to recruit and retain staff. A dwindling labor force, though, has many looking to immigration reform as senior living’s saving grace.
The stark conditions in the sector have prompted lawmakers and industry leaders to consider alternate labor outlets, with the CEO of the nation’s largest independent living provider among the most vocal advocates of an immigrant workforce. Kai Hsiao, President and CEO of Holiday Retirement, suggests that directly recruiting overseas workers is inevitable.
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