In nursing homes, nearly 1 in 4 workers who directly care for patients are immigrants, as are nearly 1 in 3 housekeeping and maintenance workers, researchers report.
Currently, Zallman said, “there are not enough people willing to do these jobs and we are going to need a lot more people in the future. This is an industry that needs people round the clock. And immigrants disproportionately take the night shifts. They are really filling the gaps.”
To take a closer look at the role of immigrants in healthcare, the researchers turned to the Annual Social and Economic Supplement of the 2018 Current Population Survey, a nationally representative survey conducted by the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which collected data on 180,084 people in March of 2017.
Nearly one in three immigrant healthcare workers — 30.4 percent — were employed in long term care settings, compared to 22% of U.S. born workers. Overall, 1 million workers, or 23.5 percent, in the formal and non-formal long term care sector were immigrants.
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