Not so long ago this was state-of-the-art healthcare

As the city’s economy struggles to recover, there is one area of consistent growth: healthcare. You’ve heard this before. Possibly you’ve considered getting on this bandwagon.

There’s just one problem. The closest you’ve come to medical training is earning a CPR certificate back in high school.

While that’s a definite drawback in the emerging technology areas, opportunity abounds in home healthcare, which is by and large provided by workers with a certificate that may be earned in 75 hours. Between now and 2018, this market is expected to grow by 50 percent, adding 461,000 jobs.

“We’re aggressively recruiting because we’re growing so rapidly,” says Lainie Messina, who runs patient care services for Partners in Care, a home-care provider that offers training free of charge.

Partners in Care employs more than 9,000 people, which includes a roster of aides, nurses, physical therapists, speech pathologists and social workers.

In broad terms, these workers provide medical, social and support services to the elderly, infirm and disabled at home. Services range from checking vitals to meal preparation to giving fertility shots. There will be an ongoing need for skilled workers such as registered nurses and speech, occupational and physical therapists, but the vast majority of openings will be for aides of two types.

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