Higher wages, better training and flexibility are keys to growing home care economy, policy makers say

Higher wages, better training and flexibility are keys to growing home care economy, policy makers say Home care workers must be better paid, better trained and more flexible in their skills as they emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. That was the message Thursday during a webinar about strengthening the direct care workforce. The nonpartisan research… Continue reading Higher wages, better training and flexibility are keys to growing home care economy, policy makers say

It’s Time to Care – The Economic Case for Investing in a Care Infrastructure

AUTHOR: Lenore M. Palladino and Rakeen Mabud

SUBJECT: care crisis, financing solutions, care infrastructure, economy, policy development, occupational segregation, quality care, poor job quality

Long-Term Care Policy after Covid-19 — Solving the Nursing Home Crisis

AUTHOR: Rachel M. Werner, M.D., Ph.D., Allison K. Hoffman, J.D., and Norma B. Coe, Ph.D.

SUBJECT: nursing homes, safe staffing, poor job quality, economy, pandemic, care crisis, occupational segregation, policy development

It Is Time to Resolve the Direct Care Workforce Crisis in Long-Term Care

AUTHOR: Kezia Scales, PhD

SUBJECT: economy, care crisis, occupational segregation, structural racism, sexism, wages & benefits, career mobility, BIPOC women, poor job quality

Staffing Levels and COVID‐19 Cases and Outbreaks in U.S. Nursing Homes

AUTHOR: Rebecca J. Gorges PhD and R. Tamara Konetzka PhD

SUBJECT: nursing homes, safe staffing, poor job quality, economy, pandemic

High Nursing Staff Turnover In Nursing Homes Offers Important Quality Information

AUTHOR: Ashvin Gandhi, Huizi Yu, and David C. Grabowski

SUBJECT: poor job quality, nursing homes, pandemic, economy

8 Signs the Shortage in Paid Caregivers Is Getting Worse

AUTHOR: Robert Espinoza

SUBJECT: economy, care crisis, occupational segregation, structural racism, sexism, wages & benefits, career mobility, BIPOC women, poor job quality

Shoring Up the Long-Term Care Workforce

AUTHOR: Kate Bradford

SUBJECT: quality jobs, racial equity, economy, policy development, financing solutions

Investing in Care: A Strategy for Effective and Equitable Job Creation

AUTHOR: Rania Antonopoulos, Kijong Kim, Thomas Masterson, Ajit Zacharias

SUBJECT: racial equity, economy, BIPOC women, quality jobs, care infrastructure

Black Women Best: The Framework We Need for an Equitable Economy

AUTHOR: Kendra Bozarth, Grace Western, Janelle Jones

SUBJECTS: Black women, economy, policy implementation, policy development, racial equity, sexism, structural racism