By Geralyn Magan Two Competency Development Guides identify the skill sets for mid-level managers and personal care attendants working across the full continuum of staff positions and settings in the field of long-term services and supports. The LeadingAge Center for Applied Research (CFAR) and the LeadingAge Workforce Cabinet recently released…...

By Geralyn Magan Testing whether older adults with depression and/or dementia experience better outcomes when they live in nursing homes that implement person-centered care and follow a “household model.” The LeadingAge Center for Applied Research (CFAR) is partnering with the Francis E. Parker Memorial Home to assess the effects of…...

Findings from an analysis of the 2007 National Home Health Aide Survey are featured in a brief entitled, With Help from Afar: The Role of Immigrant Home Health Aides in Meeting the Growing Demand for Long-Term Services and Supports. The majority of immigrant home health workers participating in the 2007…...

The growth of annual total Medicare expenditures for early participants in Vermont’s Support and Services at Home (SASH) program was $1,756 to $2,197 lower than the growth in Medicare expenditures for beneficiaries in 2 comparison groups. The Support and Services at Home (SASH) program is slowing the growth of annual…...

A look at how North Carolina used its Personal and Home Care Aide State Training (PHCAST) Demonstration Program grant. A new training program in North Carolina will help personal and home care aides (PHCA) move more easily between care settings during their careers. The state established its training program with…...

The study helped researchers understand how older Medicare beneficiaries who receive federal housing assistance differ from similar community-dwelling older beneficiaries who do not receive such assistance. A new study has, for the first time, successfully linked administrative data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Housing…...

Hospice workers earned an average of $12.40 per hour in 2007, compared with an hourly rate of $11.60 for all home health workers. Hospice workers fare better than other categories of home health workers and are less likely to leave their jobs, according to a new paper in the Home…...