it requires a sufficient number of nurses and other specifically trained ltc workers to meet the needs of dependent people compared to other oecd countries there are relatively fewer nurses and other caring personnel providing formal longterm care for people at home or in ltc institutions but this may be due partly to the fact that a large share of ltc services are also provided in hospitals these hospital staff are not counted here this was up from ltc workers per people and over in but nonetheless remains below the number in japan and the oecd average around