Population ageing creates a need and a demand for more and better jobs in long-term care. While the care sector is growing in most Member States, there are barriers to job creation, such as a shortage of recruits, budgetary constraints and demanding working conditions. Eurofound’s latest report, looking at how successful recruitment and retention measures in home-care and support services can contribute to employment growth, is launched today at a high-level conference under the Lithuanian EU Presidency.
G. van Houten, J. Cabrita, and O. Vargas. Report, ef1384. European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Dublin, (February 2014)