Employment status of older nursing staff aged 55 years and older in care facilities: A nationwide cross-sectional study in Japan

An aging nursing workforce requires addressing shortages due to retirement. This nationwide descriptive cross-sectional study in Japan clarified the employment status of older nursing staff aged ≥ 55 years by facility type during January-March 2022. Questionnaires were sent to 8,000 nursing directors, with 1,658 valid responses (response rate: 20.7%). Descriptive statistics and Kruskal-Wallis or χ2 tests analyzed inter-facility differences. A violin plot depicted the proportion of older nursing staff across facilities by age group, and generalized estimating equation (GEE) models examined associated factors at the facility level. Older nursing staff's distribution differed significantly across age groups (