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

The Future of the Home Care Workforce: Training and Supporting Aides as Members of Home‐Based Care Teams

AUTHOR: Robyn I. Stone DrPH and Natasha S. Bryant MA

SUBJECT: home care, policy development, policy implementation, quality jobs, training, career mobility, care infrastructure, care crisis, essential workers

Mortality Rates From COVID-19 Are Lower In Unionized Nursing Homes

AUTHOR: Adam Dean, Atheendar Venkataramani, and Simeon Kimmel

SUBJECT: unions, quality jobs, pandemic, worker-centered

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