This special issue of Generations r

This special issue of Generations recognizes the demographic reality that will be driving much of the health and long-term-care demand over the next twenty years and the need to develop a quality workforce to care for an aging America in the short and long term. The purpose of this special issue is to review the state of the art in the development of this workforce; to highlight the various policy and practice issues across professions and settings that are impeding or enhancing the development of this workforce; and to heighten awareness about the critical nature of these issues among the various stakeholders (policy makers, regulators, providers, professional organizations, educators, consumers, and families) who stand to benefit from the development of a quality eldercare workforce.