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--JOURNAL ARTICLES--

An introduction to the National Nursing Assistant Survey.
Squillace MR, Rosenoff E, Remsburg RE, Bercovitz A, Branden L.
Vital Health Stat 1. 2007 Mar;(44):1-54.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=17402361&itool=iconabstr&itool=pubmed_DocSum


--REPORTS-

Study of Maine's direct care workforce: Wages, health coverage, and a worker registry
Maine Department of Health and Human Services (March 2007, .pdf format, 70p.)
http://www.directcareclearinghouse.org/download/Final%20Maine%20Direct%20Care%20Workforce%20Report%202007.pdf

The long-term care workforce: Can the crisis be fixed?
Institute for the Future of Aging Services (IFAS)
National Commission for Quality Long-Term Care (January 2007, .pdf format, 30p.)
http://www.futureofaging.org/PublicationFiles/NCQLTC%20-%20Workforce%20Paper%20-%20January%202007.pdf

Emerging strategies for providing health coverage to the frontline workforce in long term care
McDonald, Ingrid
Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI) and the Lewin Group (January 2007, .pdf format, 62p.)
http://www.dswresourcecenter.org/pdfs/CMS_DSW_Health_Coverage_Emerging_Strategies.pdf

CMS Direct Service Workforce Demonstration: Promising Practices in Marketing, Recruitment and Selection Interventions
University of Minnesota. Research and Training Center on Community Living and the Lewin Group
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (December 2006, .pdf format, 25p.)
http://www.dswresourcecenter.org/index.php/dsw/content/download/384/1556/file/DSW%20Promising%20Practices%20Marketing,%20Recruitment%20and%20Selection%20FINAL.pdf


--NEWS-

LTC Direct Care Worker Bill Introduced
Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA) recently introduced H.R. 1279, the Direct Support Professionals Fairness and Security Act. The bill would amend Medicaid to provide funds to states to enable them to increase wages paid to direct care workers in long-term care. The goal would be to gradually increase the wages of direct care workers not employed by a state or local government so that it is equal to the wages paid to direct care workers who are employed by the state or local government.

Louisiana Boosts Direct-Care Wages in Katrina's Wake
April 13, 2007
http://www.directcareclearinghouse.org/n_news_det.jsp?res_id=235910&res_type=6&txn_type=