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title: "Senior Living Innovation Forum: Lessons from the Gig Economy"
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# [Senior Living Innovation Forum: Lessons from the Gig Economy](https://www.onshift.com/company/newsroom/senior-living-innovation-forum-lessons-from-the-gig-economy)

 Written by [OnShift](https://www.onshift.com/company/newsroom/author/onshift) | Jul 6, 2020 1:20:29 PM

The ever-expanding "gig economy" is having an impact across all industries, even usually slow-to-adapt senior housing, where shifts often go unfilled and finding qualified employees (skilled and unskilled) is always cited as a top challenge.

“According to (non-profit) [PHI](https://phinational.org/resource/envisioning-the-future-of-home-care-trends-and-opportunities-in-workforce-policy-and-practice/), there will be nearly five million unfilled caregiver jobs by 2028. Caregiving is emotionally and physically demanding and the average caregiver attrition across the industry is 82%. Given the high demand for this workforce in other industries, caregiver recruiting” is a big challenge, says Seth Sternberg, CEO of Honor. Founded in 2014, Honor incorporates tech to help consolidate options for the fragmented $30 billion home health care industry.

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