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House Hears Testimony about the Need to Train and Empower Workers
February 16, 2007
Training and empowering direct-care workers is an essential part of creating a truly person-centered health care system, Commonwealth Fund Assistant Vice President Mary Jane Koren told lawmakers at a House subcommittee hearing on health care access and aging.
Koren, who was one of the experts invited by the legislature to provide testimony, spoke of the ''urgent issue'' of ''a coming shortage of skilled and trained workers who are empowered to make decisions on the front-lines to ensure the kind of care we all want in our old age-compassionate, competent, and kind.'' However, she noted, the potential crisis can be averted, ''as the results of such demonstrations as the Better Jobs/Better Care initiative, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Atlantic Philanthropies, have shown.''
Click here for a webcast of the hearing.
Elise Nakhnikian
Communications Specialist
Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute
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