If you’re having some doubts about whether public perception of direct-care workers is improving, a recent run of insightful stories in local papers may give you some hope. Two stories in Vermont papers, one in the April 7 St. Albans Messenger and one in the April 4 Brattleboro Reformer, covered a new study about the [...]
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No CD-PAS Without DCWs
Posted on 26 April 2008.
Advocates for people with disabilities have made consumer-directed personal assistance services a priority, but CD-PAS are not for everyone. And a big part of the reason is the difficulty many consumers have in finding the workers they need, according to a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation. “CD-PAS participants face challenges recruiting direct care [...]
Senate Bill Proposes Career Ladder Funding for DCWs
Posted on 26 April 2008.
One step toward alleviating the geriatric caregiver shortage that was the subject of a recent Institute of Medicine report and Senate hearing would be to pass a bill that Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced into the Senate last month. The Caring for an Aging America Act of 2008 (S. 2708) would expand [...]
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Martha Stewart Joins LTC Experts at Senate Hearing
Posted on 16 April 2008.
[wpyt-post]6fECpnFz-3k[/wpyt-post] Martha Stewart segued from living to assisted living today at a U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing today, talking about her experiences as a caregiver for her mother. The hearing explored the growing shortage of geriatric care workers and the need to better support family caregivers, which was the subject of an Institute [...]
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IOM Report “Major Step Forward” for DCWs
Posted on 14 April 2008.
“It is clear that a change in culture is needed – that both health care workers and health care organizations need to change the way they think about direct-care workers and, in particular, that the direct-care workers need to be seen as a vital part of the health care team,” says Retooling for an Aging [...]
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Institute of Medicine Report Recommends Improving Direct-Care Jobs
Posted on 14 April 2008.
Download Release as PDF PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Institute of Medicine Report Recommends Improving Direct-Care Jobs PHI Welcomes News, Urges Policymakers to Take Action BRONX, NY, April 14, 2008— By 2016, America will need 1 million additional direct-care workers—home health aides, nursing aides, and personal care workers—to care for aging baby boomers and growing [...]
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