ISHPEMING, Mich. (WZMQ) – Over the next year at the Ishpeming Senior Center, a commemorative handmade installation can be found throughout it’s hallways and community spaces, representing the community of its workers who do so much to care for others. The display is called A Caregiver’s Butterfly Garden.
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) – A Caregiver’s Butterfly Garden is coming to the Upper Peninsula for the first time. Ishpeming Multi-Purpose Senior Center Executive Director Ashley Roberts talked to TV6’s Mandy Koskela ahead of opening day on February 19. “It’s huge. We’re so excited because we do the work hands-on,” Roberts said. “The heart of what […]
ISHPEMING, Mich. (WBUP/WJMN) — As Michigan faces a 36,000 worker shortage in caregiving, there’s an exhibit that brings this crisis to life through art and it’s coming to the Ishpeming Multi-Purpose Senior Center.
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Across Michigan, more than one hundred sixty-five thousand direct care workers show up for others every day. Most of the time, their work goes unnoticed. But right now, at the Hannah Community Center in East Lansing, their stories are being honored with butterflies. And it all started with an idea that […]
Dr. Clare Luz, Director of IMPART Alliance, returns to discuss the organization’s mission and impact. She explains how IMPART Alliance collaborates with hundreds of partners across Michigan to advocate for and support direct care workers.
Jen Lugo, a direct care worker, discusses the various types of direct care roles and emphasizes the importance of recognizing these workers so they can receive the support and assistance they need. She also outlines the requirements for direct care work and highlights its vital role in the community.
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.
