Care Matters: A Report Card for Care Policies in the States

AUTHOR: JULIE KASHEN

SUBJECT: Pandemic, invest in care, structural racism, sexism, care crisis, economy, states, policy implementation, BIPOC women, poor job quality

Voices of Paid and Family Caregivers for Medicaid Enrollees Receiving HCBS

AUTHORS: MaryBeth Musumeci, Meghana Ammula, and Robin Rudowitz

SUBJECT: solutions, unions, wages, benefits, invest in care, job quality, pandemic, Medicaid, home care, workforce

Covid-19 exposed the devastating consequences of staff shortages in nursing homes. But the problem isn’t new

Covid-19 exposed the devastating consequences of staff shortages in nursing homes. But the problem isn’t new. Julie Moore recalls harrowing experiences from the pandemic inside the Philadelphia nursing home where she works. As the virus spread throughout the facility last year, emergency responders came and went regularly, taking yet another resident running low on oxygen… Continue reading Covid-19 exposed the devastating consequences of staff shortages in nursing homes. But the problem isn’t new

To Achieve Equitable Quality Of Care In Nursing Homes, Address Key Workforce Challenges

AUTHOR: Jacqueline Lantsman Milena Berhane James Hernandez

SUBJECT: racial equity, safe staffing, poor job quality, nursing homes, pandemic, occupational segregation, turnvover, career mobility, wages & benefits, BIPOC women, essential workers, care crisis

Nursing Home Safety During COVID: Staff Shortages

AUTHOR: Teresa Murray, U.S. Pirg Education Fund

SUBJECT: safe staffing, poor job quality, nursing homes, pandemic, occupational segregation, turnvover, career mobility, wages & benefits, BIPOC women, essential workers, care crisis

State Actions to Sustain Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports During COVID-19

AUTHOR: MaryBeth Musumeci, Rachel Dolan, and Madeline Guth

SUBJECT: financing solutions, policy development, policy implementation, pandemic, care crisis, states

COVID-19 and Workers at Risk: Examining the Long-Term Care Workforce

AUTHOR: Sarah True, Juliette Cubanski, Rachel Garfield, Matthew Rae, Gary Claxton, Priya Chidambaram, and Kendal Orgera

SUBJECT: poor job quality, nursing homes, pandemic, occupational segregation, structural racism, sexism, care crisis

Geography Is Not Destiny: Protecting Nursing Home Residents from the Next Pandemic

AUTHOR: Cinnamon St. John, Health and Aging Policy Fellow

SUBJECT: quality care, poor job quality, nursing homes, pandemic, occupational segregation, care infrastructure, care crisis, financing solutions, policy development

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

Uncovering the Devaluation of Nursing Home Staff During COVID-19: Are We Fuelling the Next Health Care Crisis?

AUTHOR: Katherine S. McGilton, RN, PhD, Astrid Escrig-Pinol, PhD(c), Adam Gordon, PhD, MBChB, Charlene H. Chu, RN, GNC(c), PhD, Franziska Zúñiga, PhD, RN, Montserrat Gea Sanchez, PhD, Veronique Boscart, RN, PhD, Julienne Meyer, PhD, Kirsten N. Corazzini, PhD, FGSA, Alessandro Ferrari Jacinto, MD, PhD, Karen Spilsbury, PhD, Annica Backman, RN, PhD, Kezia Scales, PhD, Anette Fagertun, PhD, Bei Wu, PhD, David Edvardsson, PhD, Michael J. Lepore, PhD, Angela Y.M. Leung, PhD, Elena O. Siegel, PhD, RN, Maiko Noguchi-Watanabe, RN, PhD, Jing Wang, PhD, RN, Barbara Bowers, PhD, RN, FAAN

SUBJECT: poor job quality, nursing homes, pandemic, structural racism, sexism, BIPOC women, occupational segregation