In 2009, PHI published a number of new resources supporting efforts to create a stable, well-trained direct-care workforce.
We have:
- analyzed occupational data showing that the direct-care workforce is soon to be the single largest occupation in the country (4 million workers);
- pressed for changes in our health care system to improve coverage for direct-care workers;
- encouraged employers to support direct-care workers with innovative training initiatives; and
- provided policymakers with data and other information on the direct-care workforce.
All PHI resources are available, at no charge, at our National Clearinghouse on the Direct Care Workforce.
Please also visit PHI’s website for policy and training resources, and information on our Health Care for Health Care Workers campaign.
We wish you a very happy and healthy New Year!
The Staff at PHI
2009 PHI Publications and Resources
The Size and Growth of the Direct-Care Workforce
- Facts 3: Who Are Direct-Care Workers? (pdf)
- State/Regional Fact Sheets:
- Illinois’ Direct-Care Workforce (pdf)
- Iowa’s Direct-Care Workforce (pdf)
- Maine’s Direct-Care Workforce (pdf)
- Massachusetts’ Direct-Care Workforce (pdf)
- Michigan’s Direct-Care Workforce (pdf)
- New York City’s Home Care Workforce (pdf)
- Pennsylvania’s Direct-Care Workforce (pdf)
- Vermont’s Direct-Care Workforce (pdf)
- The Need for Monitoring the Long-Term Care Direct Service Workforce and Recommendations for Data Collection (pdf)
- State-by-State Projected Demand for New Direct-Care Workers, 2006-16 (pdf)
Wages
Health Coverage
- Direct-Care Workforce and Long-Term Care: Provisions In Senate and House Healthcare Reform Legislation (pdf)
- Facts 4: Health Coverage for Direct-Care Workers: 2008 Data Update (pdf)
- Coverage for Caregivers: Lessons from Massachusetts Health Reform (pdf)
- A Health Care System That Is Good for Direct-Care Workers Is Good for America (pdf)
- Is New York Prepared to Care? A Comprehensive Coverage Solution for Home Care Workers (pdf)
- Health Insurance Coverage of New York State’s Home Care Aides: Findings from a 2008 Survey Outside of New York City (pdf)
Training and Curriculum
- Providing Personal Care Services to Elders and People with Disabilities: A Model Curriculum for Direct-Care Workers
- State Nurse Aide Training Requirements, 2009
- Apprenticeships in Long-Term Care
- The Power of Relationships, Coaching: A Key Tool for Change at Genesis Healthcare Northeast (pdf)
State and Regional Workforce Initiatives
I simply want to state, publicly, what an impressive amount of work these publications represent–all created within just the past 12 months–and to thank our Communications and Policy staff and all the other PHI staff members who have invested so much of their time and talent to produce such a broad array of excellent work.
~ Steven Dawson, President, PHI
I echo Steve Dawson’s appreciation. Thank you PHI for helping all of us in the fields and vineyards with relevant healthcare workforce and consumer data, stories and compelling policy analysis.