AI’s Impact on the Direct Care Workforce
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Summary
The Bipartisan Policy Center recently released an issue brief exploring how artificial intelligence (AI) tools can support the direct care workforce.
Direct care workers provide important assistance with activities of daily living for older adults and people with disabilities, but demand is outpacing the current supply of workers. Clearly defined, managed, and implemented, AI tools can be used to support the paid direct care workforce and may have the potential to reduce caregiver burden, free up caregivers’ time to provide hands-on care, and support independence for individuals with long-term care needs.
Direct care workers provide important assistance with activities of daily living for older adults and people with disabilities, but demand is outpacing the current supply of workers. Clearly defined, managed, and implemented, AI tools can be used to support the paid direct care workforce and may have the potential to reduce caregiver burden, free up caregivers’ time to provide hands-on care, and support independence for individuals with long-term care needs.