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Addressing New York City's care gap: Aligning workforce policy to support home-and-community care. Seavey, Dorie, Steven L. Dawson, and Carol Rodat. October 2006. New York City Workforce Investment Board.
This issue brief provides an overview of the home- and community-based care workforce crisis in New ... read more
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Bridging the gaps: State and local strategies for ensuring backup personal care services . Seavey, Dorie and Vera Salter. October 2006. AARP Public Policy Institute.
This report examines the efforts by states and local communities to provide back-up coverage for peo... read more
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Caregivers without coverage: The facts about a critical gap in long-term care. Health Care for Health Care Workers. January 2006. Policy Brief No. 1 PHI.
The first in a series of policy briefs from the Health Care for Health Care Workers campaign, this f... read more
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 Coaching supervision: Introductory skills for supervisors in home and residential care. PHI. August 2005.
This curriculum introduces supervisors of direct-care workers to the skills they need to effectively... read more
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Coverage models from the states: Strategies for expanding health coverage. Health Care for Heath Care Workers. 2007. PHI.
This report describes successful strategies for expanding health care coverage to direct-care worker... read more
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Eldercare/disability services: Untapped engine for job creation and economic growth. PHI. November 2008.
This fact sheet notes that the eldercare/disability services industry sector is a leading industry f... read more
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Health insurance coverage of New York State's home care aides: Findings from a 2008 survey outside of New York City. PHI Health Care for Health Care Workers. April 2009.
Using surveys and focus groups from 90 agencies that employ about 13,000 home care aides, this study... read more
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Health insurance vital to job retention. Health Care for Health Care Workers. October 2007.
This fact sheet reports on a growing number of studies that show a strong, positive link between hea... read more
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HeartWork: A video celebrating the lives of direct-care workers. PHI. 2001.
This video chronicles the development and presentation of this original theater piece performed by w... read more
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Introducing peer mentoring in long-term care settings. PHI. May 2003. Workforce Strategies, No. 2.
Drawing on PHI's experience implementing peer mentoring programs at home care agencies and nursing f... read more
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Is New York prepared to care? A comprehensive coverage solution for home care workers. PHI Health Care for Health Care Workers. May 2009.
This report offers a statewide review and analysis of insurance coverage of home care workers in New... read more
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Northern New England LEADS Institute: An evaluation. PHI. September 2008.
This report evaluates measurable outcomes of the LEADS Institute, an initiative that sought to devel... read more
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Opportunity Partnership & Empowerment Network (OPEN): A case study of an effective employee retention project.. PHI Michigan. November 2007.
This case study explains how the Health Field Collaborative, a group of health care employers in Gra... read more
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Paying for quality care: State and local strategies for improving wages and benefits for personal care assistants. Seavey, Dorie and Vera Salter. October 2006. AARP Public Policy Institute.
This report examines state and local initiatives to improve wages and benefits for direct-care worke... read more
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Peer mentoring: A workshop series for direct-care workers in home and residential care. PHI. April 2006.
PHI's Peer Mentoring curriculum focuses on three skill areas: leadership, communication, and problem... read more
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Recruitment and retention of paraprofessionals: An IOM presentation. Dawson, Steven L.. June 2007.
This presentation to the Institute of Medicine's Committee on the Future Health Care Workforce for O... read more
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Reimbursement practices and issues in Vermont's long-term care programs. Seavey, Dorie and Hollis Turnham. November 2006. Community of Vermont Elders and PHI.
This report surveys public reimbursement methods employed in Vermont's various long-term care settin... read more
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State chart book on wages for personal and home care aides, 1999-2006. PHI. July 2008.
This chart book provides information, based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, on the wage... read more
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The guaranteed hours program: Ensuring stable, full-time, direct-care employment. PHI. July 2007.
This workforce strategies bulletin highlights one strategy home care agencies can use to ensure a st... read more
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The invisible care gap: Caregivers without health coverage. Regan, Carol. May 2008. Health Care for Health Care Workers.
This report, based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics, provides a sn... read more
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The right people for the job: Recruiting direct-care workers for home- and community-based care. PHI and MEDSTAT. Fall 2002. Workforce Tools, Vol. 1, No.1 . Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
The first in the Workforce Tools series, this publication provides agencies and individual consumers... read more
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