Paraprofessional Training Institute (PTI) will test whether training Philadelphia community members to provide high-quality, safe in-home healthcare and educating them about how to navigate the long-term care system can help more people meet their goals to age in place while also advancing contemporary hospital systems’ priorities for managing population health. The United States elder care system is in a moment of transformation, with a shortage of home care workers post-pandemic, dispersed families that are less available to care for aging relatives, and an increasing proportion of seniors interested in remaining in their homes as they grow old. Simultaneously, health systems are attempting to avoid patient readmission and shorten inpatient hospital stays. Through their initiative, PTI aims to equip seniors and their supporters with the resources necessary to coordinate and advocate for their own care at home by leveraging an expanded safety net of family, friends, and neighbors.
