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 and share the work that we are doing to address the more PR

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 worse. I am proud that Indiana is at the forefro more PR