The following is a list of PAS Workforce resources related to Delaware.
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 Delaware.
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 intitiatives 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.
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.
Folkemer, Donna, and Barbara Coleman. (December 2006). Long-term care reform: Legislative efforts to shift care to the community. National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL).
Abstract:
This policy brief focuses on state legislative initiatives -- particularly those using federal Systems Change grants -- aimed at long-term care reform. It describes state efforts to improve wages and benefits for direct-care workers, increase transition support, improve consumer-directed services, and provide more flexible financing systems for long-term care services. An appendix includes links to selected bills covered in the report.
