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Long-term care refers to the services that support activities of daily living among individuals who can no longer conduct the tasks of everyday life, such as bathing, dressing, and eating, on their own. These individuals typically are older and have multiple chronic medical conditions, requiring increasingly collaborative treatment methods involving many practitioners. Treatment locations can include individuals’ own homes or assisted living and skilled nursing facilities.

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Supporting the Adult Protective Services Workforce

Authors: Timothy Bates | Susan Chapman

Topics: Education and Training, Long-Term Care

March 17, 2020
This report summarizes the current state of affairs with the Adult Protective Services (APS) workforce, highlights efforts being made to address their issues, and recommends actions that would further support these efforts to improve community APS in the US.
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The Impact of Emerging Technologies on Long-Term Care and the Health Workforce

Authors: Susan Chapman | Jacqueline Miller | Joanne Spetz

Topics: Long-Term Care, Workforce Demand

July 31, 2019
This report assesses which emerging technologies may facilitate, replace, or enhance recruitment, training, and retention of the long-term care workforce.
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The New York Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) Program: Reducing Avoidable Hospitalizations

Presenters: Peggy Chan | Tracy Leonard | William Myhre

Topics: Education and Training, Emerging Models and Innovations, Long-Term Care, Oral Health, Policy

March 13, 2019
This webinar provides an overview of the New York DSRIP program and features presentations from two PPSs on urban and rural health workforce strategies, including a registered apprenticeship program for certified nursing assistants and long-term approaches for developing the healthcare pipeline.
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The Impact of Federal and State Policy on Oral Health Care Delivery in Long-term Care Settings

Authors: Keely Walgama | Cynthia Wides | Aubri Kottek | Elizabeth Mertz

Topics: Long-Term Care, Oral Health

November 1, 2018
The article assesses state-level policies, practice and funding sources for dental workforce for institutionalized and homebound populations, as well as, identifies available data, data gaps, and future data collection avenues in terms of quantifying this critical professional workforce engaged in long-term care.
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2018 Health Workforce Research Symposium

Presenters: Angela Beck | Bianca Frogner | Erin Fraher | Jean Moore | Joanne Spetz | Patricia Pittman

Topics: Allied Health, Behavioral Health, Education and Training, Long-Term Care, Oral Health

October 2, 2018
On October 2, 2018, policy leaders and workforce researchers gathered to discuss key issues influencing the health workforce. Researchers from 6 health workforce research centers presented work related to value-based care, workforce development programs targeting the underserved, and health workforce roles in opioid misuse prevention and treatment.
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Dementia Care Specialist Workforce in California: Role, Practice, Training, and Demand

Authors: Jason Flatt | Brooke Hollister | Susan Chapman

Topics: Behavioral Health, Long-Term Care

February 1, 2018
This report characterizes the roles, practice, training and current demand for dementia care specialists.
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Evolving Delivery Models for Dental Care Services in Long-Term Care Settings: 4 State Case Studies

Authors: Elizabeth Mertz | Cynthia Wides

Topics: Long-Term Care, Oral Health

January 1, 2016
This report examines the current and changing practice models utilized in providing dental services in long-term care (LTC), residential care, and for homebound individuals through 4 state case studies.
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The Peer Provider Workforce in Behavioral Health: A Landscape Analysis

Authors: Lisel Blash | Krista Chan | Susan Chapman

Topics: Behavioral Health, Long-Term Care

November 9, 2015
This report examines the demographics, socioeconomic status, and job mobility of workers by Long Term Care (LTC) sector and occupation. It identifies the characteristics associated with job mobility and turnover of LTC workers, and the pathways to LTC jobs these workers utilize.
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Future Demand for Long-Term Care Workers Will Be Influenced by Demographic and Utilization Changes

Authors: Joanne Spetz | Laura Trupin | Timothy Bates | Janet Coffman

Topics: Long-Term Care, Staffing, Workforce Demand

June 1, 2015
In this article, researchers use national surveys to analyze current use of long-term care and the current long-term care workforce, and project demand for long-term care services and workers through 2030.
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Entry and Exit of Workers in Long-Term Care

Presenters: Bianca Frogner | Joanne Spetz

Topics: Long-Term Care, Policy, Staffing, Workforce Demand, Workforce Supply

May 20, 2015
This webinar presents findings from a recent study conducted by the Health Workforce Research Center on Long-Term Care at the University of California, San Francisco, on the job transitions of long-term care workers.
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