Nearly 70% of care service providers in Japan face labor shortage

Nearly 70 percent of care service providers in Japan were facing labor shortages, a survey conducted last year by an industry foundation showed, with the career often seen as less appealing due to its low wages and heavy workload.The shortage is most pronounced for home visit caregivers, as 83.5 percent of geriatric and other caregiving facilities responded that they lack staff to provide the service, according to the survey conducted last October by the Care Work Foundation.The survey covering 19,890 employees and 8,708 caregiving facilities nationwide showed 66.3 percent of nursing facili…READ FULL ARTICLE