Senate Committee on Aging, PHI to hold briefing on training standards for personal care aides
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McKnight's Staff
Sep 21, 2012
Personal care aides will get a high-powered focus Monday, when the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging and the Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI) host a briefing on training standards. “Training...
Direct caregivers will make up nation’s largest workforce by 2020, analysis predicts
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McKnight's Staff
May 11, 2012
Direct care workers, a group that includes nursing assistants, home health aides and personal care aides, are expected to comprise the United States’ largest workforce by 2020, according to a new...
Report: LTC assistants have more training hours than home health counterparts
Dec 08, 2011
Training requirements for home health aides are not keeping pace with what’s required of certified nursing assistants working in nursing homes, a new report finds.
State caregiver matching programs complement CLASS Act, study finds
May 09, 2011
Caregiver matching programs, which help elderly and disabled individuals manage their own home healthcare, are a good fit with various provisions of the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports...
Home-health workers losing ground on wages, benefits, even as their ranks increase
Mar 03, 2011
The wages and benefits for the direct-care workforce in long-term care “continue to be woefully inadequate,” according to a new Fact Sheet analysis from home-health worker advocacy group PHI.