Article Publication Date:
6/1/2004
Summary:
This study provides rich data about the experiences of paid workers who care for children under the age of 18 with developmental disabilities in Florida's CCDE program, Consumer Directed Care (CDC). Topics include workers' views about issues such as job satisfaction, roles and responsibilities, and ideas for recruiting and retaining new personal care workers.
Topics:
Consumer/Participant Direction
Types/Tools:
Sources:
NRCPDS
Cash & Counseling National Program Office
Programs/Initiatives:
Cash and Counseling
States:
Keywords:
Wages and Benefits
Becoming a Paid Worker; Linking Workers and Consumers; Letter of Invitation to Participate in Focus Groups; Arkansas and New Jersey Cash and Counseling Demonstration and Evaluation (CCDE); Focus group participants; job satisfaction; roles and responsibilities; recruiting and retaining new personal care workers; paid family caregivers and non-family caregivers
Contact
Elizabeth Maguire
National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services
elizabeth.maguire.1@bc.edu
Phone:
617-552-0562
Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/52144