Maryland
How to address Maryland’s shortage of home health care workers | READER COMMENTARY
![How to address Maryland’s shortage of home health care workers | READER COMMENTARY How to address Maryland’s shortage of home health care workers | READER COMMENTARY](https://www.baltimoresun.com/resizer/IgIXADG8bwj9HzPjGlP1o62kRPw=/1200x630/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tronc/OG2HMKRKVBBYFLUPRJAVHXRMNQ.jpg)
All older adults in Maryland deserve entry to high quality well being care and group assist. Nonetheless, that is at present not attainable as there’s a blatant mismatch between the availability of dwelling well being aides and the demand. The truth is, we’re quick 40% of aides to fulfill the wants of our group and as such are within the midst of a house well being care disaster (”Nurses on pandemic entrance traces look to refill their ‘empty cup,’” Might 6).
The basis reason for this disaster is two-pronged.
First, with the advances in public well being and medication, extra people are capable of dwell to an older age. By 2040, Maryland is projected to have over 1.8 million residents who’re 60 years and older. Primarily based on a research performed by the U.S. Division of Well being and Human Companies, upon turning 65, over one in 4 males and one in three ladies require at the very least a number of years of long-term helps and companies. For Maryland, this might imply as much as 500,000 older adults (which might fill over 10 Camden Yards) requiring help with their each day duties and persistent well being situations.
Second, dwelling well being aides have excessive turnover and burnout charges on account of poor monetary, occupational and psychosocial struggles. In Maryland, dwelling well being aides earn a median hourly wage of $13 and a median annual revenue of $22,700. They’ve lengthy been undervalued and overworked, and their workforce inequity has solely been magnified all through the COVID-19 pandemic. This lack of a protected working setting is just not solely hazardous for the employees but additionally jeopardizes the standard of care delivered. Thus, this urgent situation must be promptly addressed because it impacts our inhabitants’s well being and is unsustainable.
I suggest two coverage alternate options that would assist stabilize the workforce and supply higher healthcare for our older adults.
First, we have to present that we look after and worth our staff by means of elevated wages. Research have proven that rising pay can even enhance the recruitment and retention of staff. Greater than 20 states have moved towards this purpose by implementing a Medicaid wage pass-through program for direct care staff, which sees as a lot as a 12% enhance in compensation per hour and promotes a extra sustainable workforce. By supporting our staff, we can even enhance the variety of older adults who’re capable of age efficiently in the neighborhood and reduce the general well being expenditure for Maryland by means of decreased nursing dwelling admissions, hospitalizations, and psychosocial struggles.
Second, the latest 2022 state legislative session handed and enrolled Home Invoice 625/Senate Invoice 440 to create a fee to review the well being care workforce disaster in Maryland. Though it is a nice step ahead, analysis research merely present evidence-based information to assist inform change. As such, we have to carry this momentum ahead and maintain the duty pressure accountable for not solely performing a radical research, but additionally translating their findings into actionable insurance policies.
In the meantime, we have to increase consciousness that the house well being aide scarcity will proceed to worsen over time and sustaining the established order is just not solely unsustainable, however can also be unsafe for the employees, older adults and our group.
Tanya Chotrani, Baltimore
The author is a graduate pupil in public well being at Johns Hopkins College.
Add your voice: Reply to this piece or different Solar content material by submitting your individual letter.
![](https://newspub.live/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/np-logo.png)
Maryland
Maryland Weather: Be on Alert for Isolated Severe Thunderstorms
![Maryland Weather: Be on Alert for Isolated Severe Thunderstorms Maryland Weather: Be on Alert for Isolated Severe Thunderstorms](https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2024/08/31/db188193-9445-4db6-b5f6-75d22236cdc7/thumbnail/1200x630/5ee9396955f78bcf9e2a56ead12e6e78/capture.png?v=25685eaa472b1a5dbb5bd46ae506d232)
BALTIMORE – Scattered showers will give way to mostly cloudy skies Sunday, with a chance for isolated severe storms.
Expect overnight lows in the 70s after a warm air mass moved through. A cold front will bring another chance for an isolated strong storms on Sunday. The day won’t be a washout, there is the possibility of active weather in the afternoon and evening.
The front will bring bright sunny skies for Monday with low humidity. Perfect weather for the afternoon barbecue or last summer activity. Kids getting back to school this week should expect refreshing temperatures… possibly even a little chilly with overnight lows in the 50s.
High pressure will control our weather for the middle of the week. Expect sunny skies and low humidity through Friday. Overnight lows Tuesday and Wednesday will be in the mid 50s, with afternoon highs in the upper 70s. The chance of showers returns late Friday.
Maryland
Maryland Weather: Severe Storms Moving in From West
![Maryland Weather: Severe Storms Moving in From West Maryland Weather: Severe Storms Moving in From West](https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2024/08/31/422a855f-71c5-4f72-89e9-eaf7e2840b03/thumbnail/1200x630/74b3d1b1856d7b1a33196394c2d71589/capture.png?v=25685eaa472b1a5dbb5bd46ae506d232)
BALTIMORE – Severe storms have been plaguing western Maryland this afternoon. They are on the move east and will push into Carroll County near the 6pm hour. These storms have a history of producing winds capable of downing trees. We are also seeing heavy rain and lightning.
Most of the activity will push north and south of the forecast area surrounding Baltimore with the marine layer or stable air mass keeping the severe weather west of the mountain regions.
The warm front associated with the severe weather is bring warm, humid air in overnight. Expect overnight lows in the low 70s with scattered showers and isolated severe storms.
A secondary cold front will bring another chance for an isolated strong storms on Sunday. The day won’t be a washout, there is the possibility of active weather in the afternoon and evening.
The front will bring bright sunny skies for Monday with low humidity. Perfect weather for the afternoon barbecue or last summer activity. Kids getting back to school this week should expect refreshing temperatures… possibly even a little chilly with overnight lows in the 50s.
High pressure will control our weather for the middle of the week. Expect sunny skies and low humidity through Friday. Overnight lows Tuesday and Wednesday will be in the mid 50s, with afternoon highs in the upper 70s. The chance of showers returns late Friday.
Maryland
How to watch Maryland football vs. UConn
![How to watch Maryland football vs. UConn How to watch Maryland football vs. UConn](https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/z8YP2-NIqaP3cu5cgluRlDhjBJY=/0x251:3503x2085/fit-in/1200x630/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25597082/usa_today_22254966.jpg)
Maryland football is back and kicks off its season at home against UConn on Saturday.
The Terps will take on the Huskies for first time since 2013, when Maryland won, 32-21. The Terps are coming off an 8-5 season, in which they won their third straight bowl game, while UConn is coming off a disappointing 3-9 season and looking to play spoiler on the road.
With a victory, Maryland will move its week one winning streak to five games.
The numbers
Maryland: 0-0
UConn: 0-0
All-time series: Maryland leads, 2-1
DraftKings Sportsbook line: Maryland -19.5, O/U 44.5
How to watch and listen
When: Saturday, Aug. 31, 12 p.m. ET
Where: SECU Stadium, College Park, Maryland
TV: Fox Sports 1 — Connor Onion (play-by-play), Mark Helfrich (analyst)
Radio: 105.7 FM (Balt) / 980 AM (DC) – Johnny Holliday (play-by-play), Steve Suter (analyst), LaMont Jordan (sideline)
Streaming: Fox Sports
Catch up before the game
Previewing Maryland football’s season opener against UConn
Predictions for Maryland football’s 2024 season: Top players, bold takes and more
Breaking down every game on Maryland football’s schedule
-
Connecticut1 week ago
Oxford church provides sanctuary during Sunday's damaging storm
-
Technology1 week ago
Breakthrough robo-glove gives you superhuman grip
-
Politics1 week ago
2024 showdown: What happens next in the Kamala Harris-Donald Trump face-off
-
News1 week ago
Who Are Kamala Harris’s 1.5 Million New Donors?
-
Politics1 week ago
Trump taunted over speculated RFK Jr endorsement: 'Weird as hell'
-
Politics1 week ago
Vivek Ramaswamy sounds off on potential RFK Jr. role in a Trump administration
-
World6 days ago
Portugal coast hit by 5.3 magnitude earthquake
-
Politics1 week ago
House GOP demands elite universities counteract 'dangerous' anti-Israel protests in the fall semester