Resources for Direct Care Workers

Join the IMPART Alliance Direct Care Worker Directory!

COVID-19 made it clearer than ever that we need better ways to reach others and be heard to improve our jobs and lives as direct care workers. Add your name to the new confidential IMPART Alliance Direct Care Worker Directory

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Join the IMPART Alliance Direct Care Workers Forum Facebook Community!

This Facebook group is for Direct Care Workers to share information, ideas, support & encouragement about providing supports & services in the home environment.

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Stay Well: Cultivating Joy Video Series

Source: Michigan.org

Does it sometimes feel like the pandemic and other challenges have drained the joy from your life? The Stay Well program presents a collection of animated videos exploring ways to move beyond the pandemic and other struggles and reclaim personal joy.

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DCWs are in demand!

The U.S. is rapidly aging. Twenty-five percent of the population will be age 60 or older by 2030(1) which has already created a higher demand for assistance with activities of daily living such as bathing and dressing. Direct care workers are one of the fastest…

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Is a DCW Career Right for You?

DCWs provide assistance to older adults and persons with disabilities in a variety of settings from an individual’s own private home to adult foster care homes, nursing homes, and community living settings. The type of assistance varies with each individual’s need and can include activities…

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DCW Statistics…

By the year 2050, there will be 88 million people age 65+, nearly double that of today. (US Census Bureau, 2014) Direct care workers make up one of the fastest growing occupations in the US (Bureau of Labor Statistics 2012; PHI 2013) By 2020, there…

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“Professional Direct Care Workers: Critical Lifelines with Heart”

Listen to direct care workers as they describe the importance of their services and their daily impact on the lives of individuals who need support. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_BiZroslOM

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