Respite Care: State Policy Resource Guide

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Prepared by the National Academy for State Health Policy in consultation With ARCH The ARCH National Respite Network and Resource Center created a Learning Collaborative of state administrators and their…

Partnering with AmeriCorps Seniors to Support Respite and Workforce Development

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Partnering with AmeriCorps Seniors to Support Respite and Workforce Development This meeting of the Volunteer and Faith-based Respite Learning Collaborative focused on the AmeriCorps Seniors – Senior Companion Program and how it…

National/State Partnership to Launch a New Respite Provider Recruitment and Training Initiative

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Video Presentation at the Home and Community-Based Services Conference, August 2022 With support from the Administration for Community Living, the National Academy for State Health Policy joined forces with the…

White Paper: Building Capacity and Coordinating Support for Family Caregivers and the Direct Service Workforce

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National Direct Service Workforce Resource Center, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services Common goals and policy recommendations emerging from the CMS Leadership Summit on the direct service workforce and family…

Expanding a Volunteer Respite Workforce to Provide Support to Caregivers in New York State

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Expanding a Volunteer Respite Workforce to Provide Support to Caregivers in New York State A presentation by Thomas V. Caprio, MD, MPH, MS, CMD, HMDC, FACP, AGSF, FAAHPM Professor of…

Supporting Family Caregivers: Nursing Students as Respite Providers Toolkit and Video

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To address a key need of caregivers, Rhode Island Office of Healthy Aging implemented a workforce development initiative through its Lifespan Respite grant to match student nurses with low to…

Kansas Respite Provider Training Initiative

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The Kansas Respite Coalition worked to build a career pathway for direct care workers through the Community College System using Lifespan Respite Care Grant funds. While progress was made in…

Opportunities for Innovation: Home Care Worker Cooperatives

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We are in the midst of a labor force crisis in the supply of direct service workers. The home care industry experiences a 67% average annual turnover in workers. The…