PHI has been covering the effects of rising gas prices on direct-care workers since early this summer. Now, as our nation’s economic crisis grows more severe, the challenge to these low-wage workers has intensified. The National Direct Service Workforce Resource Center held a webinar earlier this week called “Gas Price Increases & Other Transportation Challenges [...]
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A Coming-Out Party for the DCA
Posted on 26 September 2008.
About 50 or 60 long-term care stakeholders were on-hand at a September 11 reception held by the Direct Care Alliance to inaugurate its new midtown Manhattan headquarters. Stacey Easterling of The Atlantic Philanthropies praised the DCA for giving voice to “a group that is essentially voiceless when it comes to impacting the direction of the [...]
Two New Retention Resources
Posted on 25 September 2008.
Staff Stability Toolkit Quality Partners Rhode Island has released a Staff Stability Toolkit that provides “how-to” tips and practical tools for nursing homes seeking to reverse turnover rates. The premise of the guide is that staff stability is the key foundation to implementing other initiatives, quality improvements, or culture change. The toolkit lays out an [...]
CMS Grants Promote Home-Based Care Options
Posted on 19 September 2008.
Seven states will receive a share of over $8 million in grants from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to increase awareness of home- and community-based long-term care options for people leaving hospitals who otherwise may enter a traditional nursing home. The $8.3 million in grants are part of the Real Choice Systems [...]
“Ask Medicare” Site Launched for Caregivers
Posted on 18 September 2008.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today launched Ask Medicare, a website to help family caregivers — those who are family members or friends who help people with Medicare — access and use valuable health care information, services, and resources. “Caregivers are often overwhelmed… Ask Medicare will be a single, go-to place for [...]
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Iowa Looks At DCW Compensation
Posted on 18 September 2008.
An extensive Health Care Reform bill, House File 2539 (pdf), passed by the Iowa Legislature in 2008 included a provision calling for the improvement of wages and benefits for direct-care workers. The legislation directed that the first phase of this effort be focused on direct-care workers employed by Iowa nursing facilities. The legislation created a [...]
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