Wages for home health care workers should be virtually doubled, according to Home Care for Seniors Has New Urgency, an editorial in the January 6 Minnesota Star Tribune. “They now make $7.50 to $12 an hour – on par with a McDonald’s employee – even though their skill levels suggest a $16- to $18-an-hour pay range,” writes Neil Johnson, the executive director of the Minnesota HomeCare Association. “If compensation levels don’t increase, there will be an ever-growing shortage of home care staff.”