Hundreds of Michigan’s direct care professionals, employers, educators, and advocates recently gathered to the state’s Capitol city for the inaugural Direct Care Worker Conference, hosted by IMPART Alliance in partnership with Easterseals MORC. The three-day event marked a defining moment in the state’s long-term care movement, a celebration of the people who provide essential support […]
Bethany Duyser, Assistant Director of Impart Alliance, joined Paula Cunningham to discuss how to enter the direct care profession. As a nurse and nurse practitioner, Duyser primarily focuses on training individuals to become direct care workers. Together, they outlined the specific steps needed to pursue a career in this field.
Dr. Clare Luz, Director of Impart Alliance, was interviewed about the critical role of direct care work and its impact on everyone. She emphasized the urgent need for more direct care workers and highlighted the challenges they face, including being overworked and underpaid.
Like many neuro rehabilitation programs, in recent years the combination of the impact of the COVID -19 pandemic, funding changes, and staffing challenges presented many obstacles for Michigan-based Hope Network Neuro Rehabilitation.Despite those obstacles, providing excellent education and training to support staff recruitment
As the need for care continues to rise, the roles of direct care workers and family caregivers are absolutely vital. Together, these caregivers form the common thread that weaves through the fabric of our long-term care system.
Gray Panthers NYC addresses divisive nursing home staffing standards proposed by federal regulators. Through documentaries, webinars, and the Unity Series, they unite diverse stakeholders for positive change in elder.
The National Dementia Workforce Study (NDWS) is being launched through an $81 million cooperative agreement with the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to develop and field new annual national surveys of the dementia care workforce, including physicians, nurses, and direct care workers across multiple care settings. The mission of NDWS is to launch the surveys successfully and, of equal importance, to build data infrastructure and dissemination to ensure NDWS becomes a resource for the broader community of researchers and policymakers. This collaborative, interdisciplinary endeavor is led by teams at the University of Michigan and the University of California, San Francisco, with several other university-based and non-profit partners.
Idaho faces a dire shortage of direct care workers, impacting individuals with disabilities. Advocates stress the need for improved pay, respect, and streamlined training to address the crisis.
The Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) landscape in the United States is at a critical juncture. A recent report highlighted that all states reported shortages of HCBS workers, most frequently among direct support professionals, personal care attendants, nursing staff, and home health aides. Additionally, most (43) states reported permanent closures of HCBS providers within the last year. The crisis is real, and it harms workers, individuals receiving services, and family members alike.
