26 August 2010
A recent issue of the National Academy on an Aging Society's Public Policy & Aging Report is devoted entirely to the evolution of long-term care and trend toward home- and community-based services.
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26 August 2010
The Arizona Direct Care Worker Association (ADCWA) will hold its annual fall conference in Tucson on September 29.
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26 August 2010
Modern Healthcare's August 16 issue featured a commentary on the many ways that consistent assignment benefits nursing homes and residents, written by Mary Jane Koren, M.D., M.P.H., chair of the Advancing Excellence in America's Nursing Homes campaign.
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19 August 2010
The U.S. Senate has proclaimed September 12-18 to be 2010 Direct Support Recognition Week.
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19 August 2010
A guest column by Jack Mills, Executive Director of the National Network of Sector Partners (NNSP), an initiative of the Insight Center for Community Economic Development.
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19 August 2010
A new study by Penn State researchers found that home health aides who had training are less likely to be injured on the job, and aides who felt they did not have good support from their supervisors were also more likely to suffer injuries.
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