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 the Frontline Workforce, 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--

Using experiential techniques for staff development: liking, learning, and doing.
Kemeny B, Boettcher IF, DeShon RP, Stevens AB.
J Gerontol Nurs. 2006 Aug;32(8):9-14.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16915741&itool=iconabstr&itool=pubmed_DocSum

Health status in the ambulance services: a systematic review.
Sterud T, Ekeberg O, Hem E.
BMC Health Serv Res. 2006 Jul 3;6:82. Review.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16817949&itool=iconpmc&itool=pubmed_DocSum


--REPORTS--

Ensuring a Qualified Long-Term Care Workforce: From Pre-Employment Screens to On-the-Job Monitoring
US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (May 2006, .pdf and HTML format, 93p.).
http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/2006/LTCWqual.htm

Direct Care Workforce Organizational Survey Results 2003-2005
Senior Success Vision Council Long Term Care Workforce Initiative
Margaret Blenkner Research Institute, Benjamin Rose (June 2006, .pdf format, 14p.)
http://www.benrose.org/Research/Direct_Care_Workforce_Study.pdf

An Introduction to the National Nursing Assistant Survey
Marie R. Squillace, Robin E. Remsburg, Anita Bercovitz, Emily Rosenoff, and Laura Branden
US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy (September 2006, HTML and .pdf format, 63p.).
http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/2006/NNASintro.htm


--NEWS-

Michigan Organizations Join Forces to Recruit, Train Needed Caregivers
September 05, 2006
http://www.directcareclearinghouse.org/n_news_det.jsp?res_id=215610&res_type=6&txn_type=

Staffing Goals Part of Nursing Home Quality Campaign
September 11, 2006
http://www.directcareclearinghouse.org/n_news_det.jsp?res_id=215210&res_type=6&txn_type=

Court Says Home Care ''Companions'' are Entitled to Minimum Wage, OT
September 17, 2006
http://www.directcareclearinghouse.org/n_news_det.jsp?res_id=216010&res_type=6&txn_type=

Unions Mobilize Publicly Paid Caregivers
September 17, 2006
http://www.directcareclearinghouse.org/n_news_det.jsp?res_id=216110&res_type=6&txn_type=