WASHINGTON, May 11 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging released the following written testimony by Matthew Connell, sector vice president for healthcare at Ivy Tech Community College, from a hearing dated April 16, 2024, entitled "The Long-Term Care Workforce: Addressing Shortages and Improving the Profession": * * * Chairman Casey, Ranking Member Braun, and Members of Committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to represent Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana a  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. Mike Braun, R-Indiana, ranking member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, released the following opening statement from a hearing dated April 16, 2024, entitled "The Long-Term Care Workforce: Addressing Shortages and Improving the Profession": * * * Thank you, Chairman Casey and witnesses. By 2030, older adults will outnumber children for the first time in our history. We are already experiencing a shortage of long-term care workers and it is expected to get  more