Archive | September, 2008

Webinar to Describe Best Practices in Retention

Directors of nursing, human resource staff, and administrators of nursing homes can learn about how to reduce turnover at a free technical assistance webinar on September 25. Experts including long-term care consultants Barbara Frank and David Farrell, Marguerite McLaughlin of Quality Partners of Rhode Island, and more will discuss the variables affecting recruitment and retention [...]

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PHI Expert: Marcia Mayfield

PHI Expert: Marcia Mayfield

Gathering the Evidence that Makes Progress Possible This is the third in a series of PHI Expert Interviews, which bring you insights from four senior PHI staff. They’re an impressive group – among the nation’s leading experts on long-term care’s direct-care workforce – and collectively they’ve spent decades studying the challenges facing the workforce and how [...]

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AARP Polls Presidential Candidates on LTC Issues

AARP has published responses from Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain to a series of questions about long-term care, health care reform, and other issues affecting older Americans. The three discussed in the long-term care section are: Increasing consumer choice and control for people needing long-term care; Improving standards and incentives for quality care; and [...]

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