Did You Miss the Keynote Session with Brene Brown at the LeadingAge Virtual Annual...
It was powerful and just what providers need to hear right now. Here are a few take aways from the conversation:
Do a 2 word check in with your team before each meeting. Ask them...
The 5 Pillars of Direct Care Job Quality
To guide employers, policymakers, and industry leaders in transforming the direct care workforce, PHI’s new framework for direct care job quality includes 29 elements across five pillars: quality training, fair compensation, quality supervision and...
It Is Time to Resolve the Direct Care Workforce Crisis in Long-Term Care
Nearly 4.6 million direct care workers—including personal care aides, home health aides, and nursing assistants—provide daily support to older adults and people with disabilities across a range of settings in the United States, predominantly...
Would You Stay? Rethinking Direct Care Job Quality
Would You Stay? Rethinking Direct Care Job Quality examines how poor job quality has defined the direct care job for decades, negatively impacting workers, long-term care employers, consumers, and the economy. The report also reviews...
Competitive Disadvantage: Direct Care Wages Are Lagging Behind
New data suggest that direct care wages are Lagging behind In all 50 states and DC, the direct care worker median wage is lower than the median wage for other occupations with similar entry-level...
LeadingAge Annual Meeting Student Program: Where Drive and Opportunity Come Together
Do you know any current students or recent graduates that might be interested in the field of aging services? Help them get a firsthand look at career options at the LeadingAge Annual Meeting Virtual Experience this...
NCOA Launches Falls Free CheckUp/Chequeo Contra Caídas: Bilingual Tool to Prevent One of the...
The Falls Free CheckUp/Chequeo Contra Caídas, an innovative online tool—available in both English and Spanish—that helps older adults assess their risk of falling and offers them a wealth of bilingual resources to stay safe.
The self-directed...
Everyone Wins When Direct Care Workers Earn a Living Wage
By Robyn Stone
Increasing pay for direct care workers would benefit workers, providers, care recipients, governments, and local economies.
Oprah Winfrey claimed her place in television history in 2004 when she opened her show’s 19th season...
The LeadingAge Summer Enrichment Program -Support Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Aging
During the 10-week program, undergraduate and graduate students of color can advance toward leadership positions in your organizations, LeadingAge state affiliates, and at the LeadingAge national office. Read More.
Practical Tips to Support Your Employees Mental Well-Being
We can only imagine the constant stress that you and your employees are feeling during this ongoing pandemic. And, we understand that this stress extends to staff whose children are going to school online,...
KSU Virtual Health Career Meet-Up
Thursday, October 22, 2020 | 5:30 - 7:30 PM
This free networking event is intended to bring employers and students together to facilitate connections in the health, fitness and wellness fields. Some students may be...
Virtual TeamSTEPPS® Train-the-Trainer Starts Next Week
Communication and teamwork are always challenging for organizations but the always open, always changing nature of healthcare adds to the challenge. TeamSTEPPS® is a proven method for improving teamwork and communication that was developed...