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David Broder sent us this report earlier this week. This Monday, the Fairfax County Long Term Care Coordinating Council (LTCCC) hosted a reception in Fairfax, Virginia, to honor Direct Support Professionals Appreciation Week. It was wonderful to see direct support professionals be honored for the important work they do – and even more wonderful to see [...]

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“There’s really no mystery here,” says PHI President Steven Dawson in an interview about solving the staffing problem in long-term care. “It’s a matter of providing a living wage, healthcare coverage, support, and recognition of what these workers do and providing the training they need to do the job well. It’s a matter of political [...]

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Listen to the podcast at the HCHCW website  “This workforce is uninsured at a rate of twice the general population,” says Carol Regan, director of the PHI Health Care for Health Care Workers campaign, of direct-care workers in long-term care services. “Yet they’re much more likely to be injured or sick on the job. They have the [...]

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“Nursing administrators who want to promote staff-supportive culture in their facilities should recognize the key role of staff resources,” concludes a study in Journal of Gerontological Nursing, Vol. 34 No. 3. “Efforts to ensure adequate staff resources (in terms of number and mix of staff) might be most effective in facilitating staff-supportive organizational culture.” “Predictors [...]

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If you ever wanted a quick, clear, jargon-free way to explain consistent assignment to someone else – or if you’re not too sure about it yourself — you might want to check out the new two-page fact sheet (pdf) from the Advancing Excellence in America’s Nursing Homes campaign. The fact sheet is part of a series that lay out the goals [...]

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Nursing homes not only can but must change the way they operate, becoming better places to live and work. Only then will they be able to reduce the epidemic of violence that currently plagues them, according to an article in the Journal of Gerontological Nursing, Vol. 34 No. 3. CNAs often experience “harassment, threats, and [...]

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