Explosive Home Care Job Market Growth in the Coming Decade

The home care job market is set to expand at a rapid pace between 2008 and 2018.

[USPRwire, Fri Jan 21 2011] The explosive rise the the aging population, advances in life-extending health care breakthroughs, the baby boom generation retiring and needing care, plus more people wishing to stay in their homes as long as possible has resulted in an unprecedented home care shortage. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports:

"...that between 2008 and 2018, home healthcare service employment will increase over 46% during this time to meet the rapidly rising home care demand. Demand for home health aides is expected to increase by 50%, medical assistants by 34%, physical therapists by 33%, and physician assistants by 39%."

Nursing homes and assisted living centers are already reporting record numbers and are often filled to capacity. Costs to run those businesses are rising rapidly resulting in higher resident fees. These rising costs have strained the budgets of families and of the residents themselves, who want quality care for their family members.

Hiring home care professionals to provide in-home care has become a popular choice for people all over the country. Caregivers are as varied as the needs of the in-home residents needing care, and there are often many trained individuals and small businesses providing a complete range of home care services. Examples of home care services include household-related and general, such as companions, attendants, and providers of transportation and meals, to advanced direct patient home healthcare provided by a team of physicians, nurses, and therapists.

To help bring quality and passionate caregivers and families and employers together, LocalHomeCareFinder.com has just launched, a dedicated website for families and employers looking for caregivers that offer in-home care and healthcare services. Users can quickly and at glance find all the newest home care jobs and caregivers in their area, rather that trying to navigate the cumbersome and generic career websites.

Local Home Care Finder allows only manual caregiver postings from real caregivers looking for employment and family and home care providers searching for help with their loved ones and residents. Home care job seekers can search their local area for home care jobs, plus post advertisements about themselves, describing themselves and highlighting qualifications and training they have completed. Families and home care employers can post job advertisements describing specifics about the caregiver they are hoping to hire, listing what duties they will typically perform, and any other special home care needs. Local Home Care Finder also regularly posts insightful articles about home care trends and the home care job market.

Local Home Care Finder is privately owned. For more information please contact them at info@LocalHomeCareFinder.com or on their website at http://www.LocalHomeCareFinder.com

Labor Statistics Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics: http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs035.htm