Tag: Direct Care

A report from August 2019 offers recommendations for state policymakers looking to strengthen the backbone of the care economy — the direct care workers themselves.

Cultural competence – the ability to work effectively in cross-cultural situations – is a key part of establishing trust and respect between direct care workers and their clients.

A diverse workforce, particularly when direct care workers’ cultural and linguistic backgrounds match their clients’ backgrounds, is important for providers committed to addressing the needs of the increasingly diverse population of individuals using LTSS.

A lot of that pressure falls on front-line, home-based care workers, whose jobs are more challenging — and more important — than ever in light of the pandemic. In return, providers are coming up with creative new ways to reward caregivers braving the battlefield, from pay boosts to care packages and everything in between.

Disrupt is a monthly podcast covering hot topics in the Home Health industry.

The direct care industry will create the most jobs out of any sector in the United States economy, this report projects.

The canonization of direct care workers is supposed to be high praise, but it’s really a reflection of how profoundly their work is misunderstood and devalued.

This learning pathway includes training and tools to support direct care workers in observing and reporting suffering in patients living with a serious illness.