Health and Safety Training, Las Cruces
Thank you to all the Las Cruces health workers and promoters who attended the “Health and Safety” training in Las Cruces on November 21-22, 2014. We loved being with you.
Thank you to all the Las Cruces health workers and promoters who attended the “Health and Safety” training in Las Cruces on November 21-22, 2014. We loved being with you.
The New Mexico Direct Caregivers Coalition completed a summary of consumer protection policies from across the country. Read more about New Mexico’s and other states’ home care consumer protection policies here. Consumer Protection in Direct Care by State
The Caregiver Experience: A Snapshot of the Caregiver Journey. Can YOU relate? ReACT_Caregivers_FINAL
Couldn’t make our financial education for caregivers series? Here is something to get you started until our next one. Check out Introduction to Financial Caregiving by UC Davis. Our first class was insightful and valuable and we hope to see you next time so you can receive this useful information. Get the Introduction pdf at http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/pdf/8379.pdf
This report by Jobs for the Futures and the National Fund for Workforce Solutions, called Implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, discusses how direct caregivers will be vital on the front lines of healthcare with the Affordable Care Act. Find it at http://www.nfwsolutions.org/sites/nfwsolutions.org/files/Implementing-The-Affordable-Care-Act_030414%20%28Embargoed%20until%203-11-14%20at%2011%20a.m.%29_0.pdf Also read their report, A Guide to Making the Case for Investing in the Frontline Hospital Workforce. Find it here: http://nfwsolutions.org/sites/nfwsolutions.org/files/CareerSTATFINAL.pdf The Aspen Institute and PHI recently released a paper on Raising the Floor and…
From USA TODAY: Health care jobs lift less-educated workers The boom in health care jobs is skewed toward positions requiring less education, providing lower-skilled workers a potential pathway to better careers, a new Brookings Institution report says. “The bulk of job gains has been among personal care assistants, home health aides.” http://usat.ly/1rCCtF7
Our organization’s director presented to the U.S. Department of Labor Women’s Bureau Regional Directors and staff on demographic trends, salaries, wages, job benefits and social supports needed for advancing the caregiver workforce in New Mexico and throughout the country. Download the PowerPoint Presentation here: NMDCC presentation for Women’s Bureau USDOL
The Disability Coalition, along with several other disability organizations, is hosting community input sessions around New Mexico to hear from people with disabilities, family members, and others about disability issues in their areas. The next three forums will be held in Alamogordo on July 8, Las Vegas on July 29, and Albuquerque on August 12. In addition to the Coalition, sponsoring organizations include The Arc of New Mexico, New Mexico Autism Society, Brain Injury Alliance, Developmental Disabilities Planning Council, Disability…
NMDCC Executive Director Adrienne Smith discusses challenges and opportunities for improving outcomes for direct caregivers, their patients and their employers in Community Connections, the bi-monthly newsletter of the Tenth Federal Reserve District. http://kansascityfed.org/publications/community/connections/article.cfm?issueID=1403636176982&pubID=1403627569621&publicationID=1380039527762
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With the exception of caregivers who have earned the nationally-recognized Personal Care and Support Credential of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, which our organization can administer, NMDCC neither endorses nor accepts liability for any caregiver that our users employ. NMDCC encourages care recipients and agencies seeking caregivers to use their best judgment and gain recommendations, references and background checks. Our organization is authorized to obtain criminal background checks.