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Emerging Strategies for Providing Health Coverage to the Frontline Workforce in Long Term Care
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This report by PHI provides an overview of the health coverage interventions implemented by the CMS Direct Service Workforce Demonstration grantees, and examines four different approaches taken by Maine, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Washington in detailed case studies.
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December 31, 2006

Resource Guide - Health Care Coverage for DSWs
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Bibliography of key papers on health care coverage for direct care workers, resources for technical assistance, and possible questions for a health care discussion at a stakeholder forum.
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August 21, 2006

Presentation on the National Evaluation of the Demonstration to Improve the Direct Service Workforce
These slides were presented by Sarah Hunter from the RAND Corporation and Laura Steighner from the American Institutes for Research presented during the November 16, 2009 webinar the evaluation of the 10 Direct Service Workforce Demonstration grants.
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November 16, 2009

Coverage Models from the States: Strategies for Expanding Health Coverage to the Direct-Care Workforce
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This report, part of PHI's Health Care for Healthcare Workers initiative, describes successful strategies for expanding health care coverage to direct-care workers. It was given as part of Carol Regan's presentation on health insurance at the 2008 Symposium on Strengthening the HCBS Workforce.
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May 8, 2008

Health Insurance Vital to Job Retension
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This health insurance fact sheet was given as part of Carol Regan's presentation on health insurance at the 2008 Symposium on Strengthening the HCBS Workforce.
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May 8, 2008

Healthcare for Montanans Who Provide Healthcare
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This case study discusses a Montana initiative, Healthcare for Montanans Who Provide Healthcare (HCM), which legislates a state increase to Medicaid reimbursement rates for home care agencies that provide health insurance to their employees. This handout was given as part of Michael Hanshew's presentation at the 2008 Symposium on Strengthening the HCBS Workforce.
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May 8, 2008

Caregivers Are Professionals Too (CAPT) Overview
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This handout contains an overview of the Caregivers Are Professionals Too (CAPT) initiative in North Carolina and was given as part of Roy Burnett's presentation at the 2008 Symposium on Strengthening the HCBS Workforce.
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May 8, 2008

Workers’ Compensation Insurance Coverage in the Massachusetts Personal Care Attendant (PCA) Program
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This presentation about workers' compensation was given by Lois Aldrich of MassHealth Office of Long Term Care at the 2008 Symposium on Strengthening the HCBS Workforce.
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May 8, 2008

Health Insurance Coverage Initiatives for the CMS Direct Service Workforce Demonstration Grantees
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This chart provides detailed information on the approaches to providing health insurance coverage for DSWs used by CMS DSW Demonstration grantee states.
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April 11, 2008

Approaches to Insuring Direct Care Workers
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This presentation on state approaches to insuring direct care workers describes the core models of coverage and the various approaches taken by the states.

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July 19, 2007




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Webinar on Strengthenging the Direct Service Workforce In Rural Areas: On March 18, 2010 the Direct Service Workforce Resource Center held a webinar on strengthening the direct service workforce in rural areas.


Webinar on Nurse Delegation:
On February 17, 2010 Susan Reinhard, RN, PhD, of AARP and national expert on nurse delegation, moderated the webinar and provided an overview of nurse delegation. New Jersey discussed their nurse delegation pilot program and North Dakota discussed changes that have been made in their state to support nurse delegation.


Webinar on the Findings from DSW Demonstration Evaluation: On November 16, 2009 Sarah Hunter from the RAND Corporation and Laura Steighner from American Institutes for Research (AIR) presented the results from the evaluation of the 10 Direct Service Workforce Demonstration grants. CMS awarded the demonstration grants in 2003 and 2004 to better understand how to improve recruitment and retention of the direct service workforce.



Strategies for Improving DSW Recruitment, Retention, and Quality: What We Know about What Works, What Doesn't, and Research Gaps: This report provides examples of efforts that have demonstrated positive impacts on recruitment, retention, and quality of services by summarizing key findings from several national studies that reviewed the research on efforts to strengthen the direct service workforce.



Direct Service Workforce Core Competencies Annotated Bibliography: This resource was developed in response to requests from several states for information about developing core competencies for DSWs across sectors. Although each sector has its own sets of competencies, no state or national body has yet developed a common set of core competencies and career path for DSWs across the physical disabilities, aging, behavioral health, and intellectual/ developmental disabilities sectors. This annotated bibliography summarizes the recommendations from six state-level reports, two national studies, and a Federal bill to develop such competency-based training across sectors.



Strengthening the Direct Service Workforce in Rural Areas: Due to geographic isolation, fewer available services, transportation limitations, demographic trends reducing the supply of informal caregivers and less ability to recruit an adequate supply of direct service workers, many rural areas struggle with providing quality home-based supports. This issue brief contains a summary of the challenges of the direct service workforce in rural areas and strategies that rural stakeholders can use to provide high-quality long-term care services and supports.
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