GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The president of a restraint-free, direct care training program is sharing insight on its benefits after state documents showed the approach was being implemented at ...

BOSTON — Nursing homes looking to retain more of their frontline staff should level up their retention game by pouring more resources into direct care supervisors, experts recommended here Sunday. “If ...

Author Dorothy Paad's father hands her a copy of one of her books during a talk at Michigan State University on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Paad and her father have a close bond, and he's helped her ...

Sandra Hansonof Glastonbury, Noemi Gonzalezand Andrea M. Payneof East Hartford, Mary Jo Maciag of Bolton and Olga Toroof Manchester recently graduated from the Capitol Region Education Council’s ...

The US needs nearly eight million DCWs in the next decade to meet demand for home care and nursing services, but projections indicate a shortfall of more than 150,000 DCWs by 2030 and 355,000 by 2040.

New Jersey Human Services, in partnership with seven state agencies, released the New Jersey Direct Care Workforce Strategic Plan last week.

National policy action is needed to increase worker compensation and meet demand for direct care services. Direct care workers move a patient bed into a new room so that other hospital rooms can be ...

For the clients who work with care workers — older adults and people with disabilities — the assistance of care workers can help them to live their lives to the fullest. Credit: Licensed under the ...