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.
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.
