The following is a list of PAS Workforce resources related to Kentucky.
The list is provided and maintained by the National
Clearinghouse on the Direct Care Workforce. Each citation contains
an abstract and information about how to obtain the entire version.
Task Force on Quality Long-Term Care. (February 2002). Report of the task force on quality long-term care. Legislative Research Commission (Frankfort, Kentucky).
Abstract:
Kentucky Senate Concurrent Resolution 39 in the 2000 General Assembly created the Task Force on Quality Long-Term Care, which met monthly from April through October 2001. The Task Force was charged with identifying methods that promote and enhance the quality of care provided in Kentucky's long-term care facilities and in-home and community-based services. The Task Force examined different ways to enhance the quality of care, among them: wage pass through programs to increase staff salaries; financial incentives for facilities exceeding quality standards; linkage of reimbursement to staffing levels; provision of additional training for facility staff; and mandatory staff-to-patient ratios. This report outlines its recommendations.
Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. (March 2004). Chart of direct-care workforce activities in Kentucky.
Abstract:
This chart describes existing or enacted direct-care workforce initiatives in this state as of March 2004. The information was collected as part of a national survey of state initiatives on the long-term care direct-care workforce. Additional details about this state may be found in the full report.
The American Network of Community Options and Resources (ANCOR). (March 2006). Tapping into the public workforce network: ANCOR/DoL Business Relations Group pilot project partnership white paper.
Abstract:
In 2004, pilot projects in four cities (Rochester, New York; Phoenix, Arizona; Portland, Maine; and Louisville/Lexington, Kentucky) were launched in order to help connect direct support professionals and the public employment network of One-Stops. This white paper summarizes the progress of the pilots' model practices in their first year. The Department of Labor plans to expand the project to additional states in the future.
University of Minnesota, Research and Training Center on Community Living and The Lewin Group. (December 2006). CMS direct service workforce demonstration promising practices in marketing, recruitment and selection interventions. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Abstract:
This report identifies promising practices in direct care worker marketing, recruitment, and selection in states receiving Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) grants. Grantees used different techniques to improve recruitment and retention outcomes, including computer-based registration, marketing campaigns, realistic job previews, structured interviewing, and expanded orientation or mentoring of new employees. The report concludes that sustaining and replicating these interventions will require further research about associated costs and benefits and dissemination of this information.
Anderson, Wayne L., Joshua M. Wiener, Angela M. Greene, and Janet O'Keeffe. (April 2004). Direct service workforce activities of the Systems Change grantees. RTI International.
Abstract:
In 2001 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded Real Choice Systems Change (RCSC) Grants to states and other entities working to improve state long-term care systems. Twenty grantees began one or more initiatives to improve the recruitment and retention of direct service workers. This report focuses on the workforce initiatives of these 20 grantees, with an in-depth look at 7. The report strongly recomends that policymakers, providers, and consumers address workforce problems.
Edelstein, Steve, and Carrie Blakeway. (Fall/Winter 2007/2008). State initiatives to strengthen the direct support workforce. Impact. Institute on Community Integration, Research and Training Center on Community Living.
Abstract:
This article describes innovative projects in four states-- Kentucky, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Washington-- supported by government and foundation programs that have: reduced turnover by using RJPs (realistic job previews) and monetary incentives; developed special licensure for providers supporting career development; created universal, competency-based curricula; implemented a web-based referral registry; and increased retention through health insurance coverage.
This article is from a feature issue of Impact focusing on direct support workforce development.
