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2. The Opinions of Mother, Teacher and Carer on the Role of Caregivers in the Education of Students with Special Needs
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Bayhan, Sadiye Gülcan and Avcioglu, Hasan
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This research aims to determine the views of mothers, teachers, and caregivers about the role of caregivers working in special education schools in the education of children with special needs. In line with this purpose, in the 2020-2021 academic year, five state and five private special education centers with school caregivers in Nicosia, Famagusta, and Kyrenia affiliated to the TRNC Ministry of National Education, in a total of 10 institutions (working teachers, caregivers and those with special needs). In addition, data were collected from mothers with children. In this context, the present research was conducted with the voluntary participation of 45 teachers, 17 mothers, and seven caregivers. The majority of mothers and teachers stated that at the beginning of their expectations from caregivers, they should support children in their daily needs and treat children well, support their self-care needs and ensure the socialization of children. While most mothers and teachers see caregivers as inadequate in their child's education, caregivers see themselves as sufficient. Findings indicate that caregivers should receive in-service training to be more efficient in children's education.
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- 2022
3. Valuing Home and Child Care Workers: Policies and Strategies That Support Organizing, Empowerment, and Prosperity
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New America, Center on Education and Labor, Lieberman, Abbie, Loewenberg, Aaron, Love, Ivy, Robertson, Cassandra, and Tesfai, Lul
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From February to April, New America conducted over 30 interviews with experts, care providers, and union representatives, focusing on three states. This report outlines key considerations for improving care worker job quality through organizing. We also include case studies on care worker organizing in California, Illinois, Washington, and the Cooperative Home Care Associates (CHCA) in New York City, selected based on the effectiveness of organizing strategies in each. [Funding for this report was provided by Pivotal Ventures.]
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- 2021
4. Focused Ethnography on 'Disability' and 'Home-Based Care' in Scotland in Opinions of Polish Migrants Employed as Caregivers: A Preliminary Research Report
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Borowska-Beszta, Beata, Krakowiak, Piotr, Bartnikowska, Urszula, and Cwirynkalo, Katarzyna
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Preliminary report on ethnographic research conducted by a team of 4 researchers from Poland in Scotland with the participation of group of economic, migrants from Poland in, employed legally in home-based care in Edinburgh & Livingston. The project was developed and undertaken from April 2017 to April 2018. The main research question was: What kind of disability and care concepts held migrants from Poland employed in home-based care? The collected data from focus groups and individual interviews allowed to generate basic codes and categories of disability and care concepts in the opinions of migrants from Poland. Among them are: the concept of disability and care and detailed subcategories of care, such as: care tasks & duties, care norms & rules, care & taboo, care burdens & difficulties, care values for caregivers, caregivers and artifacts related to home-based care. The research allowed for the development of 3 main themes related to: femininity issues and care for elderly females, concepts of implemented independent living and features of support system.
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- 2018
5. Empowerment and Constraint: Design of a Homecare Worker Training Program
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Gallup, Amber, Tomasson, Judith Balazs, and Svihla, Vanessa
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A worker education center in California requested the development of a job training pilot program for 6,000 state-remunerated homecare workers. These workers provide personal care services to Medicaid-eligible adults over 65 years of age and to adults with disabilities, enabling them to remain living at home. In recognition of the homecare workers' position as a first line of defense against health crises and costly hospitalizations, the center sought to enhance their roles by training them to be more engaged members of the care team and more knowledgeable in health and safety topics. The training design was challenging for two reasons. First, in California, consumers (recipients of care) are the legal employers of their homecare workers and are their designated job trainers. This hard-won right clashed with elements of the center's training initiative. Second, diverse linguistic backgrounds limited education and low literacy levels among homecare workers led to a non-traditional approach to worker training that required buy-in from diverse stakeholders. The design process was fast-paced and iterative, involving research around themes established by committee, coordination with an illustrator, and numerous revisions in consultation with subject matter experts, including a disability rights advocate who was also a consumer. The result was a hands-on, collaborative design rooted in social constructivist learning theory. After two years, health outcomes among consumers whose homecare workers received training were positive, leading us to infer that both the design and the efforts to address learners' needs and consumers' concerns had been effective.
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- 2018
6. In-Home and Residential Long-Term Supports and Services for Persons with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities: Status and Trends through 2015. Residential Information Systems Project Report
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University of Minnesota, Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota, Research and Training Center on Community Living, Larson, Sheryl, Eschenbacher, Heidi, Anderson, Lynda, Pettingell, Sandy, Hewitt, Amy, Sowers, Mary, Bourne, Mary Lou, Taylor, Brittany, and Agosta, John
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People with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD) live in many different types of settings including homes of their own, with a family member, with a host or foster family, or in a provider owned or operated setting. Most live with a family member and receive informal supports from family members and friends. Some also receive supports funded by Medicaid or State funding authorities. This report describes long-term supports and services (LTSS) recipients with IDD and public LTSS expenditures for state Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 by setting type, setting size, funding source, state versus nonstate operation, and recipient age. Section 1 reports the prevalence of IDD, the number of people with IDD known to state IDD agencies, the number of LTSS recipients with IDD and the living arrangements of LTSS recipients as of June 30, 2015. Section 2 describes the Medicaid and state authorities through which people with IDD receive LTSS funding. It describes the number of recipients, total expenditures, and expenditures per recipient for Medicaid Waiver and Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities. For Waiver recipients it also describes recipients, expenditures and expenditures per recipient by age and living arrangement. Section 3 describes changes in LTSS recipients with IDD and expenditures by funding authority, setting type and setting size. Lastly, Section 4 examines the status of and national trends in the number of people with IDD living in state-operated IDD facilities serving 16 or more people (Public Residential Facilities or PRF for short) or in state-operated psychiatric facilities. [The National Residential Information Systems Project (RISP) functions within Institute on Community Integration/UCEDD (University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities).]
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- 2017
7. Improving Clinical Care Outcomes for Canadian Seniors: Findings of a Pilot Study Evaluating an Applied Simulated and Integrated Learning Approach (ASILA) for Home Care Workers
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Boscart, Veronique M., Crutchlow, Lauren, Taucar, Linda Sheiban, Schelling, Sandra, Fung, Elliott, Betini, Raquel S. D., Heckman, George, and Hirdes, John
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Home care workers deliver care services to community-dwelling seniors across Canada, but home care workers' variable education and unfamiliarity with assessment data systems can impede client-centered care. This pilot study therefore examined the effectiveness and feasibility of five educational modules on geriatric care, developed with a pedagogical framework used to educate and empower home care workers, in improving care beliefs and attitudes, care provision challenges, and satisfaction with modules. Online versions of modules, which used clinical scenarios and interRAI home care to guide care procedures, were developed. Participants' care beliefs and attitudes, care provision challenges, and satisfaction were measured before and after module delivery using non-standardized questionnaires. Quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics, whereas qualitative data was analyzed using content analyses. Although most participants already completed training at least once a year (52.9%) and believed they were knowledgeable of clients' needs (85.3%), modules showed significant improvement on 46.4% of participants' care attitudes and beliefs. Participants thought that modules focused on important educational topics for home care workers (94.3%) and provided useful information (n=19). The majority (79.5%) of participants were satisfied with modules and 68.6% could see them being completed online in the future. Educational modules, focusing on integrated and applied geriatric care interventions significantly improved home care workers' gerontological knowledge and skills. Accessible and low-cost continuing education on geriatric home care hereby presents as an effective and acceptable way of building home care workers' care capacity.
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- 2019
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8. 2010 Mississippi Curriculum Framework: Postsecondary Health-Care Assistant. (Program CIP-51.3902 - Nurse/Nursing Assistant/Aide and Client Care Assistant)
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Mississippi State University, Research and Curriculum Unit, Mississippi Department of Education, Office of Vocational Education and Workforce Development, Jackson, Jennifer, and Sims, Addie
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As the world economy continues to evolve, businesses and industries must adopt new practices and processes in order to survive. Quality and cost control, work teams and participatory management, and an infusion of technology are transforming the way people work and do business. Employees are now expected to read, write, and communicate effectively; think creatively, solve problems, and make decisions; and interact with each other and the technologies in the workplace. Vocational-technical programs must also adopt these practices in order to provide graduates who can enter and advance in the changing work world. The curriculum framework in this document reflects these changes in the workplace and a number of other factors that impact local vocational-technical programs. The Health-Care Assistant Program prepares the individual to assist in providing health care as a member of the health-care team under the direction of a health-care professional. This curriculum references standards based on the State of Mississippi Nurse Aide Candidate Handbook Exam Content Outline. Graduates of the one-semester program will be awarded the Certificate of Health-Care Assistant. Students who complete the program may qualify for employment as Homemakers, Nurse Assistants, Long-Term Care Aides, or Home Health Aides in the Mississippi health-care industry. The program has been designed in modular format to allow sequential scheduling over a semester, or it may be blocked into a short course format. Exit points are provided to allow employment as a Long-Term Care Aide after completion of the Nurse Assistant Core and Homemaker/Home Health Aide after completion of the Nurse Assistant Core and Homemaker/Home Health Aide course of study. Appended are: (1) Standards Based on the State of Mississippi Nurse Aide Candidate Handbook Exam Content Outline; (2) Related Academic Standards; and (3) 21st Century Skills. A list of suggested references is provided for each unit. (Contains 3 footnotes.)
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- 2010
9. How Home Health Caregivers' Perceive the Influence of Professionalism on Their Experienced Work Engagement
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Noesgaard, Mette Strange
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This article explores how the perception of increasing professionalism of home health-care influences caregivers' experienced work engagement. A qualitative study including 24 interviews, 85 hours of observations and the think-aloud technique was applied in three Danish caregiving organizations. Using a consensual qualitative research approach, analysis of the data suggests that increasing professionalism is experienced among caregivers and influences caregivers' engagement in three distinct ways: through their identification with their work, psychological safety, and feelings of insecurity. This article contributes by emphasizing an individual perspective of engagement and by providing empirical evidence of links between professionalism and engagement. Additionally, by focusing on relatively low-educated employees, the article highlights how professionalism challenges the perception of caregiving as a job rather than a career. Practically, the findings from the study suggest that caregiving organizations should communicate the reasons for the increasing professionalism so caregivers become aware of potential career options it provides.
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- 2018
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10. Developing Manual Handling Skills in Relative Social Isolation: A Case Study of Australian Home Care Workers
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Palesy, Debra
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This paper elaborates how home care workers develop skills in their workplaces after only brief classroom manual handling training and suggests how this development may be supported in situations of relative social isolation. A qualitative approach was adopted for this inquiry, in which new home care workers were directly observed and interviewed in their workplaces at two points over a 12-week predetermined training trajectory. When developing skills in their socially isolated workplaces, these workers followed a pathway that differs from traditional accounts. They developed procedural capacities first, rendered this knowledge and skill into principled understandings and then adapted these understandings to become skillful in a range of other tasks. Moreover, these workers placed high value on sociality in developing their skills. Consequently, a training format which focuses on the development of procedural knowledge and provides opportunities for shared practice is most important for learning in circumstances of relative social isolation.
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- 2018
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11. Defensive and Expansive Cycles of Learning: A Study of Home Care Encounters
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Nummijoki, Jaana, Engeström, Yrjö, and Sannino, Annalisa
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This study examines learning in home care visits aimed at systematic facilitation of clients' physical mobility. Building on the theory of expansive learning, we ask what kinds of learning cycles may be identified in home care encounters charged with implementing the new Mobility Agreement practice, what kinds of interplay may be detected between the parallel learning cycles of the home care client and the home care worker, and what the characteristics of defensive learning are. The data consist of 30 videotaped home care visits. The learning cycles of the encounters were found to be either predominantly defensive or expansive, which led to the identification of 4 basic types of combined learning cycles. Encounters in which the client's and the worker's cycles were aligned tended to contain fewer learning actions than encounters in which the cycles moved to opposite directions. The latter types of encounters were characterized by subtle orientational mismatches that left matters open and invoked further elaboration by the client and the worker. Defensive cycles were more reflective than expected and seemed to involve aspects of agency that are not commonly acknowledged.
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- 2018
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12. 2005 Mississippi Curriculum Framework: Postsecondary Health Care Assistant. (Program CIP: 51.1614 - Nurse/Nursing Assistant/Aide and Client Care Assistant)
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Mississippi State University, Research and Curriculum Unit, Mississippi Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Technical Education, Sims, Addie, Burch, Brenda, River, Jayne, Hull, Jennifer, Williams, Judy, Cross, Ella, and Lowe, Pam
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As the world economy continues to evolve, businesses and industries must adopt new practices and processes in order to survive. Quality and cost control, work teams and participatory management, and an infusion of technology are transforming the way people work and do business. Employees are now expected to read, write, and communicate effectively; think creatively, solve problems, and make decisions; and interact with each other and the technologies in the workplace. Vocational-technical programs must also adopt these practices in order to provide graduates who can enter and advance in the changing work world. The curriculum framework in this document reflects these changes in the workplace and a number of other factors that impact on local vocational-technical programs. The Health Care Assistant Program prepares the individual to assist in providing health care as a member of the health care team under the direction of a health care professional. This curriculum references standards based on the State of Mississippi Nurse Aide Candidate Handbook Exam Content Outline. Graduates of the one semester program will be awarded the Certificate of Health Care Assistant. Students who complete the program may qualify for employment as Homemakers, Nurse Assistants, Long-Term Care Aides, or Home Health Aides in the Mississippi health care industry. The program has been designed in modular format to allow sequential scheduling over a semester or it may be blocked into a short course format. Exit points are provided to allow employment as a Long-Term Care Aide after completion of the Nurse Assistant Core; and Homemaker/Home Health Aide after completion of the Nurse Assistant Core and Homemaker/Home Health Aide course of study. Appended are: (1) Standards Based on the State of Mississippi Nurse Aide Candidate Handbook Exam Content Outline; (2) Related Academic Standards; (3) Workplace Skills for the 21st Century; and (4) National Educational Technology Standards for Students. A list of suggested references is provided for each unit. (Contains 3 footnotes.)
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- 2005
13. Strategies and Challenges in Supporting Children with Complex Medical Needs in the Community: Report on a Site Visit to Western Pennsylvania
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Syracuse Univ., NY. Center on Human Policy., Rosenau, Nancy, and Walker, Pam
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In early 2000, the Center on Human Policy started to receive reports that children with complex medical needs were being placed in nursing homes because of home care nursing shortages. Sensing that framing the issue as a nursing shortage directed solutions that revolved around nursing agency staff recruitment and retention strategies, the authors view the problem as a permanency issue, giving primacy to the relationships in a child's life, and advocate that putting permanency philosophy into practice can successfully enable some children with the most severe disabilities to live at home.
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- 2002
14. Cooperative Home Care Associates: A Case Study of a Sectoral Employment Development Approach. Sectoral Employment Development Learning Project Case Studies Series.
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Aspen Inst., Washington, DC., Inserra, Anne, Conway, Maureen, and Rodat, John
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Cooperative Home Care Associates (CHCA) is a worker-owned cooperative and employer-based training program that provides home health aide services in New York City's South Bronx. Since 1985, CHCA has developed from an outsider advocating for change in the home health sector to an insider within the sector. CHCA exhibits the following characteristics of sectoral initiatives: it targets a particular occupation or set of occupations within an industry; it intervenes by becoming a valued actor with the industry employing the targeted occupation; it exists for the primary purpose of assisting low-income people to obtain decent employment; and it eventually creates systemic change with the targeted occupation's labor market. The following are among CHCA's main areas of activity: (1) providing job training for entry-level home health aides; (2) improving the job of home health aides by working to increase wages; (3) promoting reform of policy regarding the health care industry; (4) achieving growth and greater efficiency through career recruitment and screening procedures; (5) providing staff training; and (6) developing career advancement strategies and helping home health aides obtain better jobs. Of CHCA's 240 trainees in fiscal year 2000, 197 (81%) and 180 (91%) were retained in employment at a cost per retained employee of $4,260. (Contains 86 footnotes.) (MN)
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- 2002
15. Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services. Disability Statistics Report.
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California Univ., San Francisco. Disability Statistics Center., Harrington, Charlene, and LeBlanc, Allen J.
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Federal Medicaid long-term care regulations do not require states to offer home and community-based service (HCBS) alternatives; rather, they are offered at the discretion of each state. The two most significant Medicaid HCBS programs are the Medicaid 1915(c) HCBS waiver programs and the Medicaid Title XIX personal care services (PCS) optional state plan benefit. This report summarizes the most current data on HCBS, combining data from Health Care Financing Administration sources with data collected by the University of California, San Francisco. This report presents estimates of program participants and expenditures, including breakdowns by specific populations and types of service. Findings from the data include: (1) the total number of participants in the 1915(c) HCBS Medicaid waiver program more than doubled between 1992 through 1997 to 561,510 people; (2) expenditures have grown more than $5.7 billion since 1992 for the waivers; (3) expenditures per Medicaid waiver participant grew 52 percent from 1992 to 1997; (4) on average, waiver participants nationwide were allotted approximately $14,016 each in 1997; (5) waivers primarily assist those with mental retardation and adults with disabilities who have aged; and (6) in 1997, the most used category of service remained respite/home health or personal care. (Contains 17 references.) (CR)
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- 2001
16. Nurse Assistant. FasTrak Specialization Integrated Technical and Academic Competency (ITAC). Revised.
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Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Career-Technical and Adult Education.
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This document contains an introduction to the Ohio Integrated Technical and Academic Competency (ITAC) and Specialization ITAC; an overview of the nurse assistant occupation; a list acknowledging professionals who helped develop the competency list; and the comprehensive list of the professional or occupational competencies deemed essential for graduates to be able to perform proficiently when they graduate from an Ohio specialization workforce development program for nurse assistants. The introduction explains the following: (1) critical academic, employability, and information technology skills have been integrated throughout the list to support the technical skills; (2) the competency profile can be used as the basis for curriculum development in Ohio's secondary, adult, and postsecondary programs; and (3) the specialization competency profile is organized so that it can be clustered or grouped in a modular approach. The overview of the nurse assistant occupation describes general duties, some specific tasks, employment opportunities, length of program, type of program (classroom instruction and/or work experience), and types of certificates and/or degrees. Competencies are grouped under broader skills that are, in turn, categorized under these 14 major topics: nurse assistant orientation; physiology and anatomy; emergency care; infection control and resident/client safe practices; legal and ethical responsibilities; communication skills; basic personal care; vital signs; nurse-related procedures; death and dying; care of elderly resident/client; care of resident/client with special needs; restorative duties; and home health care. (YLB)
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- 2001
17. The Quest for Caregivers: Helping Seniors Age with Dignity.
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California State Dept. of Employment Development, Sacramento.
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There is a potential crisis in caring for the elderly in California as the over-65 population is expected to double by 2020 and several demographic dynamics a lower growth rate in the population segment of women aged 24-54 that traditionally care for seniors; increasing participation of women in the workforce who have traditionally been at-home caregivers for seniors; and a robust economy offering many competing entry-level occupations at comparable or higher wages may contribute to a shortage of caregivers. Legislation passed in July 2000, the Caregivers Training Initiative, directed the Employment Development Department to develop an understanding of the labor supply-demand principles affecting workers in entry-level direct care occupations in relationship to nineteen other comparable occupations competing for the available labor force. Caregiver occupations may be viewed as less desirable compared to competing occupations for the following reasons: (1) wages are often lower; (2) there is less access to affordable benefits such as health insurance; (3) there is a greater chance for occupational injury or illness; (4) there are greater training and certification requirements; and (5) there is less opportunity for advancement. The following suggestions are made to improve caregiver recruitment and retention: conduct exit interviews and identify best practices; develop core competencies and career paths; and give financial incentives. (Contains 6 appendices, 21 exhibits, and 35 references.) (MO)
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- 2001
18. Brief Classroom Training Sessions for Workplace Readiness: Are They Effective?
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Palesy, Debra
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Classroom training sessions for new home care workers (HCWs) are often brief and ad hoc, varying in format and content. Yet the application of this training may be central to worker and client safety. A qualitative approach was adopted for this inquiry, comprising two separate but related practical studies. In the first, exploratory study, classroom training was observed, and HCWs were interviewed following their classroom training. Based on these findings, a set of interventions was implemented and evaluated in the second study. Findings from the overall inquiry suggest that brief classroom sessions are effective, however, a format which encourages the development of dispositional and procedural knowledge is most important. Learning in the classroom may also be enhanced with the provision of a range of written materials to trainees. The paper concludes with a set of recommendations for enhancing the effectiveness of brief classroom training sessions, and suggestions for future research.
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- 2017
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19. Learning in Home Care: A Digital Artifact as a Designated Boundary Object-in-Use
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Islind, Anna Sigridur and Lundh Snis, Ulrika
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Purpose: The aim of this paper is to understand how the role of an mHealth artifact plays out in home care settings. An mHealth artifact, in terms of a mobile app, was tested to see how the quality of home care work practice was enhanced and changed. The research question is: In what ways does an mHealth artifact re-shape a home care practice and how does this affect the interaction between caregivers and the elderly and learning opportunities for the caregivers? Design/methodology/approach: An action research approach was taken and the study was conducted in a home care organization in a Swedish municipality. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews and observations that were conducted during home visits. Concepts of learning and boundary objects were used to analyze and distinguish interactions and conversations with the mHealth artifact. Findings: The study shows how an mHealth artifact is re-shaping a home care practice and how this affects interactions and identifies learning opportunities. Views on the mHealth artifact as a designated boundary object as well as a boundary object-in-use must co-exist. Originality/value: The study provides qualitative descriptions from using an mHealth artifact for home care, which is an emerging area of concern for both research and practice. It focuses on the interactional and organizational values generated from the actual use of the designed mobile application.
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- 2017
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20. Essential Skills for the Care Team. External Evaluation Final Report.
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State Univ. of New York, Albany. Rockefeller Coll., Eddy/Northeast Health, Troy, NY., and Philippi, Jorie W.
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The Professional Development Program (PDP) of Rockefeller College of the State University of New York, in partnership with the Eddy/Northeast Health of Troy, New York, conducted a 3-year demonstration project to provide and foster institutionalization of a functionally contextual workplace literacy curriculum and training program to upgrade the basic skills of paraprofessional health care workers in geriatric institutions. Data collected during extensive onsite investigations and job analyses were used to develop a three-stage workplace literacy intervention consisting of the following: learning strategies workshop; 17-hour program devoted to easing into the job of certified nursing assistant; and 20-hour program devoted to new directions in customer service. In all, 1,452 trainees and employees of Eddy/Northeast Health participated in the program. An external evaluator, Performance Plus Learning Consultants, Inc. (PPLC), was hired to evaluate the demonstration program's effectiveness. The PDP-Eddy/Northeast Health workplace literacy program model for eldercare workers was determined to be effective for the project's specific context, and its instructional design and materials were deemed transportable across the industry. (Appendixes constituting approximately two-thirds of the document contain pre- and postassessment data; PPLC and PDP/Eddy data collection instruments; and U.S. Department of Education data collection instruments.) (MN)
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- 1998
21. Home Visitor Job Satisfaction and Turnover.
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Buchbinder, Sharon B., Duggan, Anne K., Young, Elizabeth, Fuddy, Loretta, and Sia, Cal
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This paper summarizes findings of a 3-year study of the job satisfaction and turnover of home visitors, both professional and paraprofessional, in programs which link families-at-risk for impaired functioning to medical home care and other resources. Specifically, the study examined: (1) home visitor personal characteristics that influence turnover; (2) organizational characteristics that influence job satisfaction and turnover; and (3) the interaction between the home visitor and the organization. The study involved three survey interviews with all (N=46) home visitors employed in a well-established child abuse and neglect prevention program. The survey instrument evaluated the following individual and organizational constructs: satisfaction with work, supervision and pay; overall job satisfaction; positive or negative affectivity; affect toward the home visitor role; satisfaction with life; locus of control; self-esteem; trust versus cynicism; belief in a just world; belief in a benevolent world; neuroticism; dysfunctional thinking; adult attachment; perceptions of work characteristics; and burnout. Responses were analyzed in terms of actual turnover. Job "leavers" were more likely than job "stayers" to report feeling "upset," had higher self-efficacy scores, expressed greater overall satisfaction than "stayers," were less satisfied with pay, and were less satisfied with supervision. (Contains 19 references.) (DB)
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- 1998
22. Student Writings for Home Care Challenge. Volumes I-II. National Workplace Literacy Grant.
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Carroll Community Coll., Westminster, MD.
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These two volumes contain research papers and personal reflections developed as culminating projects by adult students involved in workplace literacy classes in nursing homes, hospitals, and home care agencies. The first volume contains 18 papers: "What You Need to Know about Cancer" (Grace Bopst); "What Nursing Assistants Need to Know about Heart Attacks" (Phyllis Brown); "What Nursing Assistants Need to Know about the Elderly" (Barbara Cole); "Happiness on the Job and Volunteering" (Kathy Curfman); "A Greenhouse for Carroll Lutheran Village" (Robin Egolf); "Dementia: One Family's Journey" (Christi Fewster); "Meeting the Challenge of Diabetes through Insulin Infusion Therapy" (Cathy Flinn); "What Is There to Gain If There Is Nothing to Lose" (Cathy Flinn); "What Nursing Assistants Need to Know about Women and Health after 60" (Teresa Harmon); "What Home Health Aides Need to Know about Strokes" (Janie Heinrich); "Seasonings in the Communication Train of Thought" (Mathea Inglich); "Maintaining Professional Ethics with Compassion by Identifying Spirituality" (Patricia Morrill); "What Retirement Community Employees Need to Know about Aging" (Patti Nott); "What You Need to Know about Lupus" (Joy Plaine); "The Home Health Aide: A Multifunctional Role" (Cindy Richardson); "Hospice Care and Why Carroll Lutheran Village Needs a Hospice Unit" (Tracy Stewart); "What Nursing Assistants Need to Know about Dementia" (Tonya Stonesifer); "Teamwork" (Carol Colson et al.) and "A Day in the Life of a Nurses' Aide" (Bobbie Buffington). These 21 papers make up the second volume: "The Need for My Job" (Pennie DiVenti, Rita Folk); "Alzheimer's Disease (AD)" (Georgia Folk); "What the Layman Caregiver Needs to Know about Death and Dying" (Dottie Jacobs); "What Nursing Assistants Need to Know about Depression and Terminal Illness" (Caroline Kauffman); "What Home Health Aides Need to Know about A.L.S. [Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis]" (Ginny Mathis); "A Death Experience" (Okima Moore); "What You Need to Know about Paraprofessionals" (Roberta Stonesifer); "What Every Home Health Care Worker Needs to Know about Burnout" (Patricia Bell); "What Nursing Assistants Need to Know about Depression in Adolescents" (Denise Feliciano); "What Home Health Aides Need to Know about Muscular Dystrophy" (Rose Mackall); "What Nursing Assistants Need to Know about Parkinson's Disease" (Mary Sanders); "What Nursing Assistants Need to Know about Multiple Sclerosis" (Barbara Wehrman); "Bill's Story: 'What Happens to Me Now'" (Jessie Baldwin); "Humor at Work" (James Cooper); "Understanding Adolescent Depression and Suicide" (Wanda Grimes); "Hospital: A Place of Healing and Work" (Laura Harrison); "Coping with Stress in Health Care" (Helen Kreit); "How Employers Should Help People with Mental Illness Succeed on the Job" (Jill Maurer); "Effective Communication on the Job" (Minnette Nokes); "The Lack of Affordable Daycare" (Cathy Wall); and "Knowing How to Care If I Must Be the One" (Joan Willis). (KC)
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- 1998
23. Home Care Challenge Outcomes Report. National Workplace Literacy Grant. October 1994-January 1998.
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Carroll Community Coll., Westminster, MD.
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The Home Care Challenge was a 4-year National Workplace Literacy Grant project conducted by Carroll Community College in partnership with Carroll Hospice, Carroll Lutheran Village, and Home Call to provide workplace literacy education for health care workers in these agencies. The project's goals were as follows: improving reading fluency, problem solving, and critical thinking skills; upgrading reporting and documentation skills; improving communication skills; and promoting self-esteem, career development, and team building. To address these goals, an integrated curriculum was built around four issues central to health care providers: personal role, role of caregivers, interpersonal competence, and job skills. The curriculum (not included in this document) consists of numerous learning activity packets on these topics that could be studied independently with help from instructors. An external evaluation showed that the participants made strides toward becoming professional team players, increased their self-esteem, and increased their communication and job skills. The evaluation suggested that an important element is a creative, caring, inclusive staff that is not discouraged by erratic attendance. (KC)
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- 1998
24. Essential Skills for the Care Team. A Program for New Employees in Residential and Home Care.
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State Univ. of New York, Albany. Rockefeller Coll. and Eddy/Northeast Health, Troy, NY.
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This document contains modules for two types of training. It provides 20 hours of training to newly hired Nursing Assistant Trainees (NATs) in residential care settings preparing to become state Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs), using eight stand-alone modules supported by training process guides. It also includes 7 hours of training for newly hired NATs in the home care settings preparing to become state certified Home Health Aides (HHAs), using five stand-alone modules with training process guides. The materials are suitable for workplace literacy programs for adults with low levels of English literacy skills. A learning strategies module serves as an introduction to both programs. The CNA program contains the following modules: understanding your assignment sheet; managing your assignment; basic communication; advanced communication; communicating with families and residents; knowing and understanding your residents; and handling the stress of the floor. The CNA modules follow the same format, consisting of a training process guide for trainers that includes the following: learning objectives, competencies, procedures for trainers and students, vocabulary discovery, use of quoted material, use of job-specific materials, and learner assessment with an answer key; and a participant packet that includes learning objectives, learner preassessment, activity sheets, and information sheets. The HHA program includes the following modules: goal identification and priority setting; time management; following directions and map reading; and stress management. The HHA modules are self-instructional units with the following common elements: rationale and goal, objectives, and competencies; personal contract; learner preassessment; overview; learner postassessment; learner assessment answer key; and summary and closure. Subject-specific sections are included in each module. (KC)
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- 1998
25. New Directions in Customer Service. The Right Tool for the Job.
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State Univ. of New York, Albany. Rockefeller Coll. and Eddy/Northeast Health, Troy, NY.
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This curriculum was designed to provide 20 hours of training to experienced employees (Certified Nursing Assistants or Home Health Aides) using seven stand-alone modules supported by training process guides. The materials are suitable for workplace literacy programs for adults with low levels of English literacy skills. The curriculum uses a participatory approach to workplace literacy with a focus on interpersonal and team skill development. The program contains the following modules: calling for care: the telephone in customer service; taking responsibility for conflict; difficult people: strategies for successful solutions; RX (prescription) for stress management; team building: working effectively in groups; handling change in the healthcare environment; and working together with our differences. All modules follow the same format, consisting of a training process guide for trainers that includes the following: learning objectives, competencies, procedures for trainers and students, vocabulary discovery, use of quoted material, use of job-specific materials, and learner assessment with an answer key; and a participant packet that includes learning objectives, learner preassessment, activity sheets, and information sheets. (KC)
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- 1998
26. Medical Training Skills Curriculum for Case Management Assistants.
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Family Planning Council of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Circle of Care, Philadelphia, PA., and ActionAids, Philadelphia, PA.
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This manual helps service care providers working with HIV-infected people learn how HIV affects the body's major systems, emphasizing the structure and functions of each system and direct and indirect effects of HIV on each system. The curriculum was developed for case management assistants (CMAs) who work in homes of HIV-infected people. Lessons are written at the level of the high school graduate with basic knowledge of biology and anatomy. It assumes that the CMAs have completed basic training for home health aides and have at least 6 months of home care experience. Lesson plans include: the structure and function of the human cell; structure and function of the immune system; HIV overview; the respiratory system and OIs; HIV and the lymphatic system, circulatory system, nervous system, skin, and digestive system; nutrition and HIV; special concerns of women and HIV; and infants, children, and HIV. Appendixes include a quiz answer guide; glossary of terms; explanations of universal and secondary health precautions; infection control recommendations; HIV disease progression; chart of common HIV-related disorders; signs and symptoms of AIDS-related disorders; and solutions to nutritional problems common to AIDS. (SM)
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- 1997
27. When Your Child Is Technology Assisted: A Home Care Guide for Families.
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New England Medical Center, Boston, MA. and Kahn, Paul
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This guide is for parents of children with disabilities who require the help of a machine or device for some life-sustaining activity such as breathing or eating. Following an introduction, chapter 1 is on preparing for the child's return home including parent training, community-based services, and obtaining funding for home care. Chapter 2, on setting up the home, considers location of the child's bedroom, setting up the child's room, safety precautions, changing the physical structure of the home, and obtaining funding for home changes. Chapters 3 and 4 are on marital adjustment to home care and helping siblings, respectively. Stressed is the importance of communication and allowing siblings to express their feelings. Chapter 5 addresses concerns in working with nurses in the home and covers family rights, establishing roles and responsibilities, setting rules for the care of the child, and the relationship of nurses to siblings and parents. The concluding chapter is on meeting the challenges of parenting including development of identity, discipline, and expressing and listening to feelings. A directory of 31 organizations providing further information is attached. (DB)
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- 1997
28. Mississippi Curriculum Framework for Health Care Assistant (Program CIP: 51.1614--Nursing Assistant/Aide). Postsecondary Programs.
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Mississippi Research and Curriculum Unit for Vocational and Technical Education, State College.
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This document, which is intended for use by community and junior colleges throughout Mississippi, contains curriculum frameworks for the course sequences in the health care assistant program. Presented in the introductory section are a description of the program and suggested course sequence. Section I lists baseline competencies for the nurse assistant/aide program, and section II consists of outlines for each of the following courses in the sequence: fundamentals of health care assisting; health care assisting concepts and skills; human needs/growth and development; nutrition and hydration needs of clients; elements of body structure and function; special care procedures; first aid/emergency procedures; human needs/growth and development; nutrition and hydration long-term care aide; homemaker services; and home health aide. Each course outline contains some/all of the following: course name and abbreviation; course classification; course description; prerequisites; and competencies and suggested objectives. Recommended tools and equipment are listed in section III. Appended are lists of related academic topics and workplace skills for the 21st century and student competency profiles for both courses. (KC)
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- 1996
29. Evaluation of the Self-Directed Personal Services Program Operated through Enable.
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Syracuse Univ., NY. Center on Human Policy. and Walker, Pam
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This report evaluates a self-directed personal service (SDPS) program operated through the larger Enable Program for people with disabilities in Onondaga County, New York. First, it contrasts characteristics of traditional personal assistance services (such as low pay, agency-determined, limited types/levels of support, and program management through agencies) with characteristics of consumer-driven personal assistance services (including reasonable pay, person-determined, provision of whatever support is needed, and variety of program management options). Next, it describes potential personal assistance services in the areas of personal care, household, community, cognition, communication, mobility, infant and child care, and security and safety-enhancing services. The SDPS program allows people with disabilities to determine who provides assistance, what types of assistance are provided, and where and when the assistance is needed. Interviews with 16 SDPS participants found participants were: satisfied with the SDPS program; generally able to obtain the assistance they desired from the program; and dissatisfied with other services. Issues are identified, including support for people living in agency-controlled settings, program growth, provision of adequate pay and benefits to personal assistants, funding/management options, and availability to a diversity of people. (CR)
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- 1996
30. 'Curriculum Development for Home and Health Nursing,' January 1995-1996. Final Report on Project.
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Southwestern Coll., Chula Vista, CA. and Nagel, Mary
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In 1995, Southwestern College, in California, participated in a project to develop a home health course for registered nurses and students interested in working in home health settings. The course was intended to provide nurses and students with the knowledge and clinical skills required for home health care, improve collaboration among community college educators and home health agencies, and increase awareness in the community of the movement away from hospitalization toward home health care. Five community colleges, including Southwestern, and five home health agencies in San Diego formed the project's advisory committee, developing a detailed 3-unit summer elective course that included 27 didactic hours, 81 clinical hours, and a 4-hour preceptorship program for the clinical component. One challenge involved in the project was ensuring that student costs were reasonable, since other home health programs in the area had failed due to low turnout and a $300 fee. A low cost of $39, plus college credit and a certificate of completion, was achieved by arranging for donated course materials and volunteer preceptors from health care agencies. The project was successful in providing a model for agency collaboration and generating interest in home health care. A project budget is included. (TGI)
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- 1996
31. Establishing a Network of Quality Home Care Providers through the Development and Implementation of an On-site Training Program and Support System.
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Murphy, Donna L.
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A program to establish and maintain a network of high-quality home care providers to serve Middle Tennessee was designed and implemented. The program consisted of onsite training for home care providers and a support system to promote their professional development. The onsite training was delivered through 2-hour visits during which trainers and home care providers toured the home care area and discussed provider-identified training needs. A support system consisting of a resource library, family home care newsletter, and network support group was created. Provider response to the onsite training has been extremely positive and the network support group has continued to meet. The plan has proved to be an excellent vehicle for training home care providers and fostering their continued professional growth and quality improvement. (The bibliography lists 13 references. Appended are the following: calendar plan for implementation activities; grant allocation; flyer for soliciting provider participants; provider profile and training needs self-assessment; home visit response; 2-hour training visit format; network directory of home care providers; postvisit questionnaire; newsletter; weekly written log; documentation of support group meeting; resource list of educational suppliers; and resource directory of local training and continuing education.) (MN)
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32. Mississippi Curriculum Framework for Allied Health (Program CIP: 51.1699--Nursing, Other). Secondary Programs.
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Mississippi Research and Curriculum Unit for Vocational and Technical Education, State College.
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This document, which reflects Mississippi's statutory requirement that instructional programs be based on core curricula and performance-based assessment, contains outlines of the instructional units required in local instructional management plans and daily lesson plans for allied health I and II. Presented first are a program description and course outlines. Section I contains curriculum frameworks for both clusters, and section II contains outlines of the instructional units required in each cluster. Units in cluster I are as follows: course overview; career awareness and exploration; medical, legal, and ethical responsibility; universal precautions; safety; medical terminology; body structure and function and applied skills; and human growth and development. Units in cluster II include the following: computers in the health care system, therapeutic health care careers, emergency health care careers, psychosocial health care careers, patient contact care careers, public health careers, diagnostic and laboratory health care careers, health care administrative careers, employability skills, dental health care careers, support services in health care careers, and animal health care careers. Each unit includes suggested time on tasks, competencies and objectives, teaching strategies, assessment strategies, and resources. Recommended tools and equipment are listed in section III. Appended are lists of related academic topics and workplace skills for the 21st century and student competency profiles for both courses. (YLB)
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- 1995
33. Nurse Aide. Occupational Competency Analysis Profile.
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Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Vocational Instructional Materials Lab.
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This Occupational Competency Analysis Profile (OCAP) for nurse aide (NA) is a competency list verified by expert workers that evolved from a job analysis. It identifies occupational, academic, and employability competencies needed to enter the occupation; lists and clusters them into broader units; and details the competency builders needed to perform each competency. Within the competency list are two levels of items: core items essential for entry-level employment are required to be taught, and advancing items are needed to advance in the occupation. The OCAP for nurse aide has nine units: orientation; emergency care; safety and infection control; legal, ethical, and communication responsibilities; basic personal care; nursing-related procedures; care of elderly clients; home health care; and restorative duties. The OCAP for employability has 12 units: career development, decision making and problem solving, work ethic, job seeking skills, job retention and career advancement skills, technology in the workplace, lifelong learning, economic education, balancing work and family, citizenship in the workplace, leadership, and entrepreneurship. A section on the academic job profile discusses the purpose of job profiling, illustrates the nurse aide academic job profile, and defines levels of work keys. A total list of academic competencies follows for these units: communications, mathematics, and science skills. A list of academic competencies identified as most crucial to the success of an entry-level nurse aide is provided. (YLB)
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- 1995
34. Labor Shortage Case Studies. Research and Evaluation Report Series 93-E.
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James Bell Associates, Inc., Arlington, VA. and Lewin-ICF, Fairfax, VA.
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A study assessed labor shortages in the United States by conducting case studies of four occupations: special education teachers, paraprofessional home care workers, electrical and electronic engineers, and tool and die makers. The research approach combined analysis of existing data sources and interviews with individuals knowledgeable about the labor markets for the occupations. Theoretical background on the causes and consequences of labor shortages was examined. Research indicated the presence of occupational shortages in two of the four occupations--special education teachers and home care workers. In these two occupations, labor market conditions were more directly influenced by government intervention and other institutional barriers. Although strongly linked to low wage levels, shortages of home care workers also resulted from an explosive growth in the demand for home health care services and poor working conditions. Shortages of special education teachers were linked to inflexibility in wages, "burnout," and government actions that have increased the demand for these teachers. Labor shortages could result in loss of production of goods and services. Employers were more likely to implement strategies to respond to shortages that involved relatively short-term commitment of resources. Strategies to anticipate or recognize labor shortages and approaches to reduce or eliminate shortages were suggested. (Appendixes include the instrument used with tool and die makers.) (YLB)
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- 1993
35. Training Providers of Services to Persons with Developmental Disabilities. Level I. Technical Committee Report and Curriculum Guide. Invest in Success.
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Idaho State Dept. of Education, Boise. Div. of Vocational Education.
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Under the Idaho state system for curriculum development in vocational education, Technical Committees made up solely of industry personnel are responsible for drawing up task lists for each program. A Technical Committee Report is prepared on completion of the committees assignment. This Technical Committee Report presents a task list that reflects current trends and the skills necessary for an employee to obtain employment as a training provider of services to persons with developmental disabilities (level I). An introduction describes the curriculum development process employed in Idaho. The eight tasks are: discuss an overview of developmental disabilities; investigate employment in the field of developmental disabilities; demonstrate ethical treatment of persons with developmental disabilities; demonstrate building positive behaviors; demonstrate implementation and monitoring of the individual's plan; provide for health and safety needs; recognize and provide opportunity for personal growth of the person with disabilities; and explain the roles and needs of family members and significant others. A curriculum guide lists enabling objectives for each task within each area. Recommendations for conducting training of service providers for persons with developmental disabilities are made in the areas of teacher qualifications, length of course, and textbooks and teaching materials. A list is provided that details teacher experience and occupational background of persons most qualified to teach the course. A chart organizes training materials from university affiliated programs by state. (YLB)
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- 1993
36. Nursing Assistant. Curriculum Guide. Invest in Success.
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Idaho State Dept. of Education, Boise. Div. of Vocational Education.
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Under the Idaho state system for curriculum development in vocational education, Technical Committees made up solely of industry personnel are responsible for drawing up task lists for each program. Based on a task list specific to the field, this curriculum guide provides the competencies needed by nursing assistants enrolled in postsecondary, short-term vocational education and high school programs. The suggested total completion time for classroom and laboratory work is 60 hours; the amount of clinical time required has been set at 40 hours. Introductory materials include goals of the program, information on competency-based education, and a detailed list of program standards. The curriculum is divided into 10 units. Each unit has the following parts: terminal performance and enabling objectives, suggested completion time, suggested teacher and learner activities, list of general references, and evaluation criteria. Unit topics are as follows: (1) role and responsibilities of the nursing assistant; (2) communication and interpersonal relationships; (3) safety, universal precautions, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation; (4) admission, transfer, and discharge procedures; (5) personal procedures; (6) exercise and activity; (7) elimination procedures; (8) collection of specimens; (9) procedures for unsterile warm and cold applications; and (10) variations in nursing care--special nursing responses. Other contents include a list of recommended textbooks and addresses and telephone numbers of 66 sources of media, print materials, and special books/pamphlets. Appendixes, amounting to over one-half of the guide, include checklists for demonstrations and teaching tools. An optional advanced teaching module on the nursing assistant as home health aide is attached. Objectives and suggested textbook are provided. (YLB)
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- 1992
37. Social Services and Aging Policies in the U.S. and Asia. Presentations. Asia-U.S. Conference on Social Services and Aging Policies (Pensacola, Florida, August 8-11, 1988).
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International Exchange Center on Gerontology, Tampa, FL. and Sheppard, Harold L.
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These proceedings contain an introduction and 26 papers arranged in five sections: (1) People's Republic of China and Taiwan (Republic of China); (2) Hong Kong, Singapore, and Thailand; (3) Korea; (4) Japan and the Western Pacific; and (5) United States. Paper titles and authors are as follows: "Recent Social Security Policies and Developments in the People's Republic of China (PRC)" (Liu); "Long-Term Care for the Elderly in China" (Liang, Gu); "Retirement Policy, Health and Social Services for the Elderly in Shanghai" (Wong); "Informal Social Support Systems in China" (Liu); "Cognitive Impairment among the Elderly in Shanghai, China" (Yu et al.); "Intergenerational Relations in Contemporary China--Descriptive Findings from Shanghai" (Barusch et al.); "Family Structure and Elderly Problems in Taiwan" (Shu); "Taipei Municipal Government Budgetary Issues for Elderly Services" (Bai); "The Family as a Social Welfare Support System for the Elderly in Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China" (Yang); "Need of the Elderly for Home Care Services in a Changing Society--The Case of Taipei Metropolitan City" (Chan); "Survey of an Interdisciplinary Study on Aging in Taipei--Sample, Instrument and Interview" (Hsieh); "Welfare Policies for the Aged on Both Sides of the Taiwan Strait--A Comparison" (Tsai); "The Coping Behavior of Caregivers in Hong Kong" (Kwan); "Segregated Housing and Residential Services for the Chinese Elderly in Hong Kong" (Ngan); "Social Support Networks for the Elderly in a High Rise Public Housing Estate in Singapore" (Cheung); "The Impact of Living Arrangements of the Elderly on Government Programs in Thailand" (Wongsith); "Operation and Development of Programs for Community Care for the Low Income Elderly in Seoul" (Cho); "Indicators of Health Status of Older People in Korea" (Koh); "The Korean-American Urban Elderly" (Kim, Kim); "The Roles of Government, Family, and the Elderly Individual Caring for Older Persons in Japan" (Maeda); "An Overview of Aging in the Western Pacific" (Andrews); "Gerontology in Higher Education in the United States" (Rich); "A Theoretical Overview of Ageism in the United States: Criticisms and Proposals toward a New Outlook" (Jan, Thacker); "Direct Care Personnel Shortages in Long-Term Care: Global Implications" (Cowart); "Quality of Care in Sheltered Housing--Regulation or Education?" (Streib); and"Financial Models for Long-Term Care: USA" (Sutton-Bell). (NLA)
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- 1991
38. In Home Family Supports: What Families of Youngsters with Traumatic Brain Injury Really Need.
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New York State Head Injury Association, Albany. and Pieper, Betty
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This guide, based on a qualitative research study which identified primary stressors in families of children with traumatic brain injury (TBI), presents: (1) a summary of the needs of families affected by TBI; and (2) a proposed theoretical intervention model to meet those needs. The first section attempts to describe the present system of services focusing primarily upon its limitations through a personal account of the frustrations one family experienced in trying to get temporary care for a TBI son as well as through selected quotes from parents who attended a disabilities research conference in October 1989. Annotations to the parental comments are provided for clarification and a section labelled "Interpretation" follow each group of parental commentary. Interpretations of parent needs underline their concern for their other children, their desire to experience as normal a life as possible, their desire to be integrated into community life, and their need for competent and respectful help. Section II presents possible new directions for people needing help in the areas of expanding supports (to include cognitive and behavioral therapies and such stress reducers as arranging transportation). New directions discussed include Medicaid reforms to support parents trying to care for their children at home, expanding the scope of worker expertise and practice, a family centered emphasis in all services, improved teaching/training services, and seeing parents as case managers. Specific suggestions for agencies providing direct services are also offered. An appendix lists the unmet family needs identified by the survey. Includes 6 references. (DB)
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- 1991
39. Nurse Aide. Ohio's Competency Analysis Profile.
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Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Vocational Instructional Materials Lab.
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Developed through a modified DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) process involving business, industry, labor, and community agency representatives in Ohio, this document is a comprehensive and verified employer competency profile for nurses' aides. The list contains units (with and without subunits), competencies, and competency builders that identify the skills needed to enter this occupation. The occupational, academic, and employability skills for this occupation are included. Within the outline are three levels of items: core, advancing, and futuring. Core items identify the knowledge, skills, and attitudes essential for entry-level employment. These items are required to be taught and will be the basis for questions on the state vocational competency tests. Advancing items identify the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to advance in the occupation; futuring items identify the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to enter and remain in a given occupation 3 to 4 years from now. This profile contains 10 units: orientation; first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); safety and infection control; effective communication and legal and ethical responsibilities; basic personal care; nursing-related procedures; care of elderly clients; home health care; restorative duties; and employability skills. (NLA)
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- 1991
40. Eldercare. Technical Advisory Committee on Occupational Curriculum Development.
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Northern Montana Coll., Havre. Montana Center for Vocational Education, Research, Curriculum and Personnel Development.
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This document contains the secondary education model curriculum for the secondary education preparation of home health aides in Montana. The document includes: (1) an introduction and a rationale for the program; (2) skills required by programs that meet certification requirements for a long-term care nurse aide (75 hours) and home health aide (an additional 16 hours for a total of 91 hours); (3) a task list that includes desirable as well as required skills; and (4) committee recommendations and a list of problems identified by the committee. Twelve references, 13 charts and graphs, and a list of Montana agencies on aging complete the document. (CML)
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- 1990
41. Focus on Dementia Care: Continuing Education Preferences, Challenges, and Catalysts among Rural Home Care Providers
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Kosteniuk, Julie G., Morgan, Debra G., O'Connell, Megan E., Dal Bello-Haas, Vanina, and Stewart, Norma J.
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Home care staff who provide housekeeping and personal care to individuals with dementia generally have lower levels of dementia care training compared with other health care providers. The study's purposes were to determine whether the professional role of home care staff in a predominantly rural region was associated with preferences for delivery formats of dementia-specific continuing education (CE) programs, and challenges and catalysts to attending CE on any topic. From January through March, 2014, 82 of 111 eligible home care staff in one Saskatchewan health region completed a cross-sectional postal survey (73.9% response rate). The survey included 41 nurses/case managers (client care coordinators, assessors, and team managers) and 41 continuing care aides (home health aides). Nurses/case managers and aides were equally likely to report moderate to high interest in locally delivered CE and low interest in Internet-based and computer-based CE. Compared with nurses/case managers, aides were more likely to report challenges to CE attendance due to CE not being a requirement of their position or relevant to their work. Low staffing levels were the top challenge regardless of professional role. Nurses/case managers and aides were equally likely to identify locally offered programs and paid time off as the top two catalysts of CE attendance. Given the growing number of individuals with dementia receiving home care services, the current study suggests that continuing education should be offered locally and included in rural staff's paid time in order to encourage attendance.
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42. Dementia-Related Work Activities of Home Care Nurses and Aides: Frequency, Perceived Competence, and Continuing Education Priorities
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Morgan, Debra G., Kosteniuk, Julie G., O'Connell, Megan E., Dal Bello-Haas, Vanina, Stewart, Norma J., and Karunanayake, Chandima
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An understanding of the specific dementia learning needs of home care staff is needed to plan relevant continuing education (CE) programs and supports. The study's objective was to examine frequency and perceived competence in performing 20 dementia-related work activities, and identify CE priorities among home care staff. A cross-sectional survey of all home care staff in a primarily rural health region was used to gather data. Of 111 eligible staff, 82 participated (41 nursing aides, 41 nurses/case managers). To explore the relationship between activity frequency (F) and competence (C), the proportion of nurses and aides in four quadrants for each activity was examined: (1) low F-low C, (2) low F-high C, (3) high F-low C, and (4) high F-high C. Nurses/case managers were significantly more likely than aides to regularly perform 11 activities and to report high competence in 9 activities (p < 0.05); aides were more likely to assist with two activities (personal care and daily living activities). Thus, nurses/case managers performed a broader range of activities and reported higher competence overall. The top CE topic for both groups was recognizing differences between dementia subtypes, but rankings for most activities varied by group. Aides' CE priorities indicated a desire to develop competence in low frequency-low competence activities, suggesting an expanded role in supporting dementia patients and their families. Nurses' CE priority topics were in the high F-high C quadrant, indicating a need to further develop competence in these activities. Findings have implications for planning CE programming for home care providers.
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- 2016
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43. The Role of the External Personal Assistants for Children with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities Working in the Children's Home
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Axelsson, Anna Karin
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Background: Children with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities need support to function in an optimal way. However, there is a limited knowledge about the role of external personal assistants working in the children's home. Materials and Methods: A mixed method study was performed including qualitative data from interviews with 11 Swedish parents and nine external personal assistants and quantitative data from questionnaires answered by 60 families. Results: For the child, the assistant's role was one of reinforcing, meaning supportive and empowering, and the child needed a high level of assistance. For the family, the role was one of balancing and the external personal assistant was more often found to assist in activities away from home while parents tended to assist within home and in family unit activities. Conclusion: In planning and implementation of external assistance, the child's needs as well as considerations of the whole family should be regarded.
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- 2015
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44. 'In the Driver's Seat': Parent Perceptions of Choice in a Participant-Directed Medicaid Waiver Program for Young Children with Autism
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Timberlake, Maria T., Leutz, Walter N., and Warfield, Marji Erickson
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This study investigated families' experience of choice within a participant-directed Medicaid waiver program for young children with autism. Fourteen parents or grandparents participated in in-depth interviews about their experience of choosing personnel, directing in-home services, and managing the $25,000 annual allocation. Key findings included families' preference to hire providers with whom they have a prior relationship, parent empowerment and differences of opinion about parents as teachers. Professionals implementing participant directed service models could benefit from understanding the strong value parents' placed on the personalities and interpersonal skills of providers. Parents' descriptions of directing rather than merely accepting autism services revealed increased confidence in their ability to choose and manage the multiple components of their children's HCBS autism waiver program.
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- 2014
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45. Funding a Health Disparities Research Agenda: The Case of Medicare Home Health Care
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Davitt, Joan K.
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Medicare home health care provides critical skilled nursing and therapy services to patients in their homes, generally after a period in an inpatient facility or nursing home. Disparities in access to, or outcomes of, home health care can result in patient deterioration and increased cost to the Medicare program if patient care needs intensify. This article describes the process of obtaining funding to support a multiphased research agenda to document, enhance understanding, and work toward prevention of outcome disparities in the Medicare home health care benefit. The article discusses the importance of obtaining preliminary findings to support application for National Institutes of Health (NIH) or other federal agency funding, the need to employ interdisciplinary research teams and expert consultants, and it highlights the NIH R21 mechanism. Study methods and findings from the R21-funded mixed methods study are presented along with pedagogical opportunities resulting from this research agenda. Finally, next steps in this research agenda are outlined.
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- 2014
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46. Engaging Students in Aging Research through the Academic Research Enhancement Award Program
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Butler, Sandra S.
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This article describes the R15, Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) mechanism available through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for institutions that do not typically receive substantial NIH funding. Equipped with training received at the St. Scholastica National Institute on Social Work and Aging, I was able to secure AREA funding for a project examining turnover and retention among home care workers in Maine. Increasing research experience of students was a primary aim on the project, as is required with R15 awards. Student activities on the project and student perspectives on their learning outcomes are described followed by reflections on the benefits and challenges of engaging students in research on aging.
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- 2014
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47. Workforce Implications of Injury among Home Health Workers: Evidence from the National Home Health Aide Survey
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McCaughey, Deirdre, McGhan, Gwen, and Kim, Jungyoon
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Purpose of study: The direct care workforce continues to rank as one of the most frequently injured employee groups in North America. Occupational health and safety studies have shown that workplace injuries translate into negative outcomes for workers and their employers. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Organization of Work and Occupational Safety and Health framework is used to examine (a) relationships between injuries and work outcomes as reported by home health aides (HHAs) and (b) the likely efficacy of employee training and supervisor support in reducing worker risk for injury. Design and Methods: Data for this analysis were drawn from the 2007 National Home Health Aide Survey, a nationally representative survey. Ordinary least squares regression and multinomial logistic regression were used to examine relationships between worker injury and (a) worker outcomes and (b) organizational outcomes and to examine ratings of training and supervisory support relative to risk of injury. Results: Injured aides had lower job satisfaction, higher turnover intent, and poor employment and care quality perceptions. HHA perceptions of poor training and poor supervisory support were significantly related to higher risk for workplace injuries. Implications: The current study suggests that workplace training has an important role in helping reduce direct care worker injuries, thereby decreasing organizational expenses related to injury, such as workers' compensation, sick time, and turnover. The NIOSH Organization of Work and Occupational Safety and Health framework offers a mechanism by which occupational health and safety interventions may be derived to reduce incidents of injury.
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- 2012
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48. Five Years of HHS Home Health Care Evaluations: Using Evaluation to Change National Policy
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Brandon, Paul R., Smith, Nick L., and Grob, George F.
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In 1997, American Evaluation Association member George Grob, now retired from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and currently President of the Center for Public Program Evaluation, made a testimony on Medicare home health care fraud and abuse before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging. The occasion was to announce the HHS Office of Inspector General's (OIG) release of two reports. The two reports that OIG profiled in the congressional testimony were part of a "large body of work including audits, investigations, inspections, and congressional testimony." In this article, the authors profile the HHS home health care evaluations, the political and organizational contexts in which they occurred, their short- and long-term effects, and their implications for evaluators' understanding of evaluation practice and the use of evaluation findings. The authors also present a narrative description of the evaluations and their background, follow it with an amalgamation of extensive evaluator-editor dialogue in the format of a single interview, and conclude with reflections on the case.
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- 2012
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49. Caregiver Confidence: Does It Predict Changes in Disability among Elderly Home Care Recipients?
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Li, Lydia W. and McLaughlin, Sara J.
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Purpose of the study: The primary aim of this investigation was to determine whether caregiver confidence in their care recipients' functional capabilities predicts changes in the performance of activities of daily living (ADL) among elderly home care recipients. A secondary aim was to explore how caregiver confidence and care recipient functional self-efficacy jointly influence changes in ADL performance over time. Design and Methods: The sample included 5,138 elderly recipients of home and community-based long-term care in Michigan. ADL performance was assessed multiple times over a 2-year period. Caregiver confidence was measured at baseline with a single item. Multilevel modeling was used to estimate the effect of caregiver confidence on changes in ADL performance over time, controlling for baseline self-efficacy, ADL performance, and other factors that might confound the relationship. Based on caregiver confidence and elder self-efficacy, we created 4 groups of elder caregiver dyads to explore the combined effect of caregiver and elder confidence on change in ADL performance. Results: Elders whose caregivers were confident in their capacity for greater functional independence experienced greater improvement in ADL performance than those whose caregivers were not confident. Elders in dyads in which both members expressed confidence experienced more improvement in ADL performance than those in dyads in which either one or both members lacked confidence. Implications: Interventions to strengthen caregivers' confidence in their care recipients' functional capabilities may slow functional losses among home care elders. Additional research is needed to confirm these findings and identify the factors that influence caregiver confidence.
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- 2012
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50. The Effects of State Medicaid Policies on the Dynamic Savings Patterns and Medicaid Enrollment of the Elderly
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Gardner, Lara and Gilleskie, Donna B.
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Medicaid policies that may affect long-term care decisions vary across states and time. Using data from the 1993, 1995, 1998, and 2000 waves of the Assets and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old Survey, we estimate a dynamic empirical model of health insurance coverage, long-term care arrangement, asset and gift behavior, and health transitions over time. Long-run simulations from the estimated model reveal that most Medicaid eligibility and generosity policy variables associated with nursing home services have no effect on Medicaid enrollment and asset behavior. Those policies related to home- and community-based services, however, have a significant but small influence. (Contains 10 tables and 35 footnotes.)
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- 2012
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