Welcome to PubAlerts. This is a service of the UNC Institute on Aging Information Center. Our goal is to alert you to new publications in the area of Direct Care Workers in Long Term Care, drawing from a wide pool of sources. Please contact one of the library staff at aginginfo@unc.edu if you have comments or suggestions. --JOURNAL ARTICLES-- Innovations in Long-Term Care: Organizational Culture and Work-Related Attitudes Among Staff in Assisted Living Elzbieta Sikorska-Simmons Journal of Gerontological Nursing Vol. 32 No. 2 February 2006 http://www.jognonline.com/view.asp?rID=5421 Making a difference: nursing assistants' perspectives of restorative care nursing. Resnick B, Simpson M, Galik E, Bercovitz A, Gruber-Baldini AL, Zimmerman S, Magaziner J. Rehabil Nurs. 2006 Mar-Apr;31(2):78-86. Towards an integrated approach for the management of ageing nurses MELANIE LAVOIE-TREMBLAY PhD, RN, LINDA O'BRIEN-PALLAS PhD, RN, CHANTAL VIENS PhD, RN, LOUISE HAMELIN BRABANT PhD, RN, CELINE GELINAS PhD, RN Journal of Nursing Management 2006 April; 14(3): 207-212. http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2934.2006.00604.x --REPORTS-- Engaging the public workforce development system: Strategies for investing in the direct care workforce Better Jobs Better Care Issue Brief, January 2006, 16 p. http://www.directcareclearinghouse.org/download/BJBCIssueBriefNo6.pdf --NEWS- Workforce Investment Boards Can Help Providers Recruit, Retain Workers February 24, 2006 http://www.directcareclearinghouse.org/n_news_det.jsp?res_id=195710&res_type=6&txn_type= Journal Examines the Politics of Paid Caring February 24, 2006 http://www.directcareclearinghouse.org/n_news_det.jsp?res_id=195810&res_type=6&txn_type= The March issue of Politics and Society is a special issue on paid caregivers that contains several provocative articles about direct-care work. ? Website Outlines the Health Care Coverage Crisis in Direct Care February 27, 2006 http://www.directcareclearinghouse.org/n_news_det.jsp?res_id=196110&res_type=6&txn_type= Direct-Care Jobs Still Increasing Fast February 27, 2006 http://www.directcareclearinghouse.org/n_news_det.jsp?res_id=196210&res_type=6&txn_type= CMS Tells States to Stop Charging CNAs for Nurse Aide Registry Placement March 13, 2006 http://www.directcareclearinghouse.org/n_news_det.jsp?res_id=196810&res_type=6&txn_type=