The following is a list of PAS Workforce resources related to Missouri.
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.
Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. (March 2004). Chart of direct-care workforce activities in Missouri.
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.
Tilley, Jane, Kristen Black, Barbara Ormond and Jennie Harvell . (November 2003). State experiences with minimum nursing staff ratios for nursing facilities: Findings from case studies of eight states. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Abstract:
Conducted by the Urban Institute for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, this study was commissioned as a follow-up to the Phase I and Phase II nursing home staffing studies conducted for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services by Abt Associates. The researchers surveyed all state laws mandating minimum staffing ratios and conducted case studies of eight states (Arkansas, California, Delaware, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Vermont, and Wisconsin) that either instituted, modified or eliminated nursing staff ratios in recent years. The report concludes that minimum staffing ratios can help impose a standard on facilities that have inadequate staffing, but staffing ratios are not the only factor affecting the quality of care residents receive.
