Personnel shortages emerged as the chief concern of healthcare executives responding to the American College of Healthcare Executive’s (ACHE) annual survey in 2021. 1 Understanding the significance of this finding, ACHE subsequently expanded the survey category from solely focusing on staff numbers to include additional factors contributing to workforce challenges, which remained healthcare executives’ primary focus in 2022. 2 This subtle but significant change highlights the pressing need to shift our perspective on how we define and address the needs of healthcare professionals. The early 2030s has been predicted to be a tipping point for staffing supply. By the next decade, over 20% of the US population is projected to be 65 or older 3 — meaning the growth of an aging

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