ACS DSW RC State long-term care reform: The need for monitoring the direct service workforce

2009

This white paper from the National Direct Service Workforce Resource Center argues that states need better data about the long term care workforce in order to assess the magnitude of their workforce challenges, design appropriate policy responses, and, finally, assess the impact of new policies and/or trends over time. Over the past several years, many of the states we have worked with on workforce initiatives have asked for our recommendation about what data they should collect in order to track their progress. In response, this paper recommends a standard minimum data set that states should collect across LTC settings and different sectors of the workforce, including three basic elements: (1) volume (2) stability, and (3) compensation. http://www.dswresourcecenter.org/tiki-download_file.php?fileId=13

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