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Nursing’s Evelyn Duffy says low wages and staffing shortages hinder growing need for home health aides

Caregivers in crisis
Crain’s Cleveland BusinessEvelyn Duffy, professor at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, said low wages and staffing shortages hinder the growing need for more home health services, noting that several patients in her practice—all older adults—have recently lost their longtime aides who quit.