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Long-Term Care: Long-term care facilities, in particular, have difficulty attracting and retaining health care professionals. Because long-term facilities are not reimbursed at the same rates as hospitals, they cannot always provide competitive compensation. Additionally, the image of long-term care is generally seen as less "glamorous" than other health care environments. Employers need more health care professionals who are dedicated to a career in geriatric care and/or in nursing home facilities. Students also need a greater understanding of the nursing home model, which includes the social model of aging in addition to the medical model of aging.

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"You know, I've been a CNA, an LPN, and an RN. And it's hard work working in a nursing home. Yeah, maybe it's not as glamorous as an emergency room or whatever. But you deal with some complex cases, and you can actually build some excellent skills. But I don't think it's being sold in programs—it's not portrayed as a glamorous place to work. But we do wonderful things to extend the lives of the elderly population, and nobody wants to do it. Because I don't think it's—I don't know if it's seen as just not good enough for a lot of the people who are coming out of colleges?" Northwest
"We can't—we're not funded so that we can pay our licensed nurses what they can get paid in a hospital. Sometimes I hear that it's upwards of ten dollars an hour difference. So, that's what we struggle with in long-term care." Northwest
"We talk about nursing homes changing and the need for higher skills. You know, we see that all the time. But residents coming into our facility need a skill level that is more applicable to an RN, but you cannot necessarily afford the RN wages all the time, so the RNs are going to hospitals." Northwest
"Employer 1: I think as far as the clinical skills—definitely—I hear what you're saying; those skills are there. But, nowadays, many nursing homes are swinging away from the medical model. It's more of a social model. So, that brings a new light on nursing, too.

Question: So, are you saying that we've got to have more of these students in this new nursing home model? When you study to be a nurse, do you specifically say that you want to work in a nursing home? Or in a hospital? Or a...?

Employer 1: You get it all. From OB, to med-surg, to nursing home, you get it all. You do rotations.

Question: But it sounds like the nurse that's going to work in a nursing home is going to need a whole different skill set?

Employer 1: They need strengths in soft skills. It's a social—it's a medical model, but it has a very social model feel to it. It deals with families and [lost in translation].

Question: And is the social aspect becoming more important?

Employer 1: Absolutely.

Employer 2: Yeah.

Employer 1: It is very important."		 Northwest