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Home health aide-to-CNA training pitched as senior care workforce fix
Original: Could home health aide-to-CNA training be key to senior living workforce boost?
McKnight's Senior Living is examining whether training home health aides to become certified nursing assistants could help ease the chronic staffing shortage in senior living communities. The idea would create a career pathway within caregiving, moving aides up the credential ladder to fill in-demand CNA roles. Industry operators continue to struggle with recruitment and retention, and such bridge training programs are being discussed as a practical solution.
Why now: Senior living providers face persistent workforce shortages, so proposals to upskill existing aides are drawing industry attention.
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