http://phinational.org/archives/no-cd-pas-without-dcws/ PHI works to improve long-term care -- by improving the jobs of home health aides, certified nurse aides, & personal care attendants. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:41:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://phinational.org/archives/no-cd-pas-without-dcws/comment-page-1/#comment-655 Keith Kessler Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:27:57 +0000 http://phinational.org/archives/no-cd-pas-without-dcws/#comment-655 I've been preaching this to the choir for years. There cannot be a successful Consumer Driven program without an adequate infrastructure in place. And that means qualified, caregivers or direct care workers that you can train and retain. With the low pay and no benefits there is no incentive for persons to remain in this much needed field. Training and a drastic increase in pay with benefits still may be offering too little too late. I certainly hope I'm wrong. Keith- I’ve been preaching this to the choir for years. There cannot be a successful Consumer Driven program without an adequate infrastructure in place. And that means qualified, caregivers or direct care workers that you can train and retain. With the low pay and no benefits there is no incentive for persons to remain in this much needed field. Training and a drastic increase in pay with benefits still may be offering too little too late. I certainly hope I’m wrong.
Keith-

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