disabilities.

Providers who care for people with intellectual disabilities are so understaffed that many of the administration are having to work shifts in the group homes now rather than only doing only administrative tasks. Most of the direct care staff are burned out from overtime hours and/or longer shifts.

My business doesn't provide direct care in our industry, and I own my business which is a one man operation, but I feel bad for some of the direct care providers who are constantly putting out fires with staffing and are in constant states of anxiety because staff and their group home managers quit with little or no notice.

It was starting to be an issue a few years before the pandemic, and then got even worse during it. The direct care industry doesn't pay well - especially so if you are working in a group home with one or more aggressive clients and could make more working in a call center or in fast food.