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Friday, September 18, 2009

Investing in California's Direct Care Workforce by Increasing Geriatric Training Opportunities

Newly released by the SCAN Foundation (August 2009), this document contains a set of issue papers from experts across the US which focus on the role of direct care workers and opportunities for enhancing their skills. While the paper focuses on California, it will be of interest to anyone involved in geriatric education.

Issue papers include:

Direct Care Workers: Essential to Quality Nursing Home and Home Health Care
Effective Strategies and Exemplary Ongoing Training Programs for Direct Care Workers
Supporting Training for Direct Care Staff

http://www.thescanfoundation.org/documents/reports/Investing%20in%20California.pdf

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