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The Global Caregiver Shortage

Montage of an ethnically diverse group of seniors and a robot with planet Earth in the background. Representation of the global caregiver shortage.

Can technology close the divide between care needed and care available? Fact checked by Jim Lacy The world faces a growing crisis: not enough people to care for older adults. The global shortage of health and care workers could reach around 10 million by 2030, the World Health Organization estimates. Regions in Africa and the […]