Long Term Care: Perceptions and Attitudes Among Americans 40 or Older

With the aging population come important social and public policy questions about preparing for and providing quality long-term care.

The Associated Press-NORC Center conducted a national survey of Americans 40 or over to contribute rigorous and highly relevant research to this policy problem. Read more...

NY City Aides to Help Reduce Overall Health Care Costs

New Your CIty looks at reducing Medicaid costs by giving home care aides more responsibility.

Christine Quinn recently discussed how the city can utilize an important asset—hundreds of thousands of home care aide workers—to reduce overall health care costs by limiting hospitalizations. New York’s Medicaid Redesign is designed to reduce costs, and one way to achieve that goal is to train the home aide workforce to take care of patients at home without going back to the hospital. Learn more...

PHI Report: Home Care Continuity Improves ADL Performance

Home care consumers who experience a low level of care continuity with their home health aides are less likely to see improvements in their activities of daily living (ADLs) than those with moderate to high continuity, read more...

2013 Recognition Luncheon - Caring for the Caregiver

The 2013 Recognition Luncheon is just around the corner...Wednesday, June 12 at the Kenosha Country Club, 500 13th Avenue.

This is a wonderful way to recognize your employees. Each caregiver who attends will receive a delicious lunch, certificate of appreciation, alliance gifts and a chance to win door prizes.

• Register here by May  24
• Payment should be made to: Kenosha County LTC Workforce Alliance
• Mail payment to: Ruth Ann Zweifelhofer, Society's Assets, 5200 Washington Avenue, #225, Racine, WI  53406

May 7 - PANEL DISCUSSION: How Women have Transformed Long Term Care

Experts will talk about the role that women have played in improving the U.S. long-term care system during a May 7 panel discussion in Washington, DC. Read more...

Charting New Waters in Leadership Development

There are various ways in which nursing homes can use culture change to increase job satisfaction among nurses and certified nursing assistants, thereby lowering turnover. The author of this article emphasizes the importance of training and continued education, as well as less-conventional methods, such as allowing frontline caregivers to wear street clothes in order to emphasize the home-like atmosphere of the facility. Read more...

Stress Consequences and Stress Management Tips

Whether you’re dealing with stress, from positive events in your life, or hopeless long-term feelings of distress, these stress management techniques will show you how to reduce stress effects to your health. Read more...Stress Consequences and Stress Management Tips