Dignity at risk: hospice care faces critical worker shortage amidst policy challenges

Dignity at risk: hospice care faces critical worker shortage amidst policy challenges 
ABC WCIV-4 News, Charleston, SC; by Webb Wright; 7/23/25 
Officials are giving dire predictions for the future of palliative care and hospice care. There's a rapidly growing need for nurses and healthcare workers in those areas, including home healthcare and nursing home workers. Educators and facilitators in those areas of care are working to prevent a crisis that's expected to peak in less than a decade. By 2033, the number of new projected jobs in this area of healthcare is expected to be more than 820,000, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. With a median starting salary of under $35,000, recruiters and workers are scrambling to fill the void sooner rather than later.