Wilson Center Experts
B. Lindsay Lowell
Affiliation:
Director of Policy Studies, Institute for the Study of International Migration, Georgetown University
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April 06, 2010 // 12:00pm — 1:15pm
As baby boomers start to hit retirement, two-thirds of the states report shortages of certified nursing assistants and 60 percent lack home health aides. Increasingly, health care workers are being recruited from outside the U.S. but run into the barrier of U.S. immigration policy. Leading experts discussed the challenge and potential solutions.