Strengthening the Direct Care Workforce: Lessons from Three States
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Summary
The Center for Health Care Strategies recently released a blog post highlighting three states’ approaches to strengthening the direct care workforce.
Across the country, states face significant direct care worker (DCW) shortages, which can reduce access to home- and community-based services, increase pressure on institutional care settings, shift caregiving responsibilities to family members, and limit people’s ability to live independently and age in place. In this blog post, the Center for Health Care Strategies features three adaptable state approaches to developing and implementing supportive programs for DCWs.
Across the country, states face significant direct care worker (DCW) shortages, which can reduce access to home- and community-based services, increase pressure on institutional care settings, shift caregiving responsibilities to family members, and limit people’s ability to live independently and age in place. In this blog post, the Center for Health Care Strategies features three adaptable state approaches to developing and implementing supportive programs for DCWs.