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GRAYING POPULATION PROMPTS DEBATE ON ADEQUACY OF
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GRAYING POPULATION PROMPTS DEBATE ON ADEQUACY OF NATION'S HEALTH CARE LABOR FORCE Note: Media must register to attend the Sept. 13 opening session (10 - 11 a.m.) People aged 85 and older make up the fastest-growing age group in the country. Today, there are 3 million men and women in this category; by 2030, there will be more than 8 million. These demographic changes warn of a coming crisis in the health care labor force: As the population ages, demand for health care services will rise dramatically, but there will be fewer workers aged 16 to 64 to meet that demand. "How can we meet the challenges of an aging society? How do we face an aging health care labor force? How can we increase a declining pool of potential health care workers? How will market forces affect the quality and size of the necessary labor pool?" asks Lynn Martin, former secretary of labor...
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