Aging in Place in Rural Nebraska: Homecare Worker Cooperatives

In 2022, the Nebraska Cooperative Development Center (NCDC), in partnership with the Northwest Cooperative Development Center of Washington state, introduced a six-week Homecare Worker Cooperative Academy designed to take caregivers through the worker cooperative development process. Topics covered by the academy included democracy in the workplace, business basics, marketing and member engagement. The impetus for the academy was the realization that Nebraska — and the U.S. as a whole — are facing a potential elder care crisis.