Caucus relaunches to support family caregivers, educate lawmakers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 11, 2023
Family caregivers are seeing support from a bipartisan, bicameral caucus that will target policies to support those families while educating lawmakers about the nation’s caregiving crisis.
New initiative unifies direct care workers and family caregivers to achieve better outcomes
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 27, 2023
A multi-year collaboration aims to strengthen the relationship between direct care workers and family caregivers by drawing attention to policy barriers, research needs and workforce initiatives.
Assisted living’s value lies in affordable, quality care: paper
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 10, 2023
With a rapidly aging population that will need access to affordable care and services, the assisted living model is the one that makes sense from a quality of life and fiscal perspective, according to...
Policy initiatives underway to lessen direct care workforce shortages
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 29, 2024
Direct care workforce shortages strain the healthcare system overall and affect access, quality and costs. Although no single answer to the issue exists, several policy initiatives and solutions underway...
Care navigation can supplement dementia care workforce, fill in care gaps: report
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 23, 2023
Investing in care navigation — and care navigators — will help individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and their caregivers overcome barriers, according to a new report...
Online training program for assisted living develops out of home care program
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 03, 2023
An online training program for assisted living caregivers is being developed and tested based on another program that was created for unlicensed caregivers of people living in the greater community.
ARPA-funded projects aim to collect data on assisted living, help retain workers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 02, 2023
Efforts to track data on assisted living communities, retain workers and encourage planning for long-term care are among the projects receiving technical assistance from a national nonprofit to launch...
$81 million national dementia care workforce study aims to better coordinate care
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 20, 2023
The development of an annual national survey of the dementia care workforce, including assisted living workers, is being launched thanks to a five-year, $81 million cooperative agreement with the National...
School career exploration programs help cultivate future workforce
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 13, 2023
A Texas not-for-profit organization serving people living with dementia is looking to local youth in the hopes of building a future workforce pipeline.
Workforce, advocacy, provider support comprise new LeadingAge strategic plan
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 18, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC—On the second day of LeadingAge’s Leadership Summit 2024 here, Board Chair Roberto Muñiz, president and CEO of New Jersey-based Parker Health Group, urged members to share their stories...