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April 25, 2011 | Program Results Report
The Oregon Works! project of Better Jobs Better Care aimed to improve recruitment and retention of direct-care workers at eight participating long-term-care sites. The union representing the state's independent home-care workers also participated.
April 25, 2011 | Program Results Report
"We made sure we developed both centralized and individualized curricula that addressed the needs expressed by each participating site" in the Vermont Better Jobs, Better Care project, said the project director.
April 25, 2011 | Program Results Report
The lead agency for the 40-member Pennsylvania coalition for the Better Jobs Better Care project divided the state into five regions in order to provide a local focus on long-term care worker issues in the large state.
April 25, 2011 | Program Results Report
The Iowa Better Jobs, Better Care project involved a 20-member coalition and 13 long-term-care nursing facilities and home care agencies in developing, implementing and evaluating the practice interventions.
October 1, 2010 | Survey/Poll
Better Jobs Better Care sought to change public policy and management practice to improve recruitment and retention of high-quality paraprofessional direct care workers (DCW).
September 7, 2010 | Report
The Better Jobs, Better Care demonstration provided grants and technical assistance to coalitions of providers, workers, consumers, and policy makers to improve the quality of jobs of long-term care direct care workers.
April 25, 2010 | Program Results Report
North Carolina Foundation for Advanced Health Programs created a voluntary, special state license to recognize long-term-care providers who offered a supportive workplace for their direct-care staff. The project was part of Better Jobs Better Care.
January 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Lasting changes to organizational culture in nursing homes must come via gradual changes to the organizations' cultural artifacts.
July 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This case study of Better Jobs, Better Care: Building a Strong Long-Term Care Workforce specifically focuses on the work of one coalition, the North Carolina Partner Team, which succeeded in bringing together competing stakeholder groups.
May 11, 2009 | Program Results Report
Truman Medical Centers implemented three programs designed to increase educational opportunities and aid in recruitment and retention of its frontline health care workforce.