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Implementing strategies that promote true value of direct care workers will improve LTSS workforce challenges: report - News


The long-term services and supports sector must reimagine the direct care workforce, making employees feel more valued, to reduce turnover and improve recruitment, according to a new analysis. 
“Direct care professionals face many challenges and are not valued for their essential role to care for older adults and people with disabilities,” explained authors Robyn Stone and Natasha Bryant, with LeadingAge’s LTSS Center @UMass Boston. Stone is LeadingAge’s senior vice president of research and co-director of the center, while Bryant is a managing director and senior research associate at the center. 
“Programs and policies are needed to stabilize and strengthen the quality of the workforce by investing in competency-based training, providing living wages and benefits, and offering career development opportunities,” they added.  ....

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Disaster Planning for Your Parents


Do you get the sense that disasters like blizzards, hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes, earthquakes and other catastrophes are increasingly common? Well, you re right. The number of billion dollar-plus events has been on the rise, largely due to global climate change. And while disasters are traumatic events at any age, older adults are especially at risk especially ones living isolated at home.
A firefighter tries to put out the wildfire on August 19, 2020 in San Mateo, California.  |  
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What we found is that the older population isn t as prepared as others. They are particularly vulnerable, says Natasha Bryant, managing director/senior research associate at the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston, and an expert in climate-related disaster preparedness. ....

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New Analysis Finds Significant Financial Benefits Locked in Long-Term Care Insurance Policies Sold Fifteen to Twenty-Five Years Ago


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WASHINGTON, Jan. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/  ATI Advisory, a research and advisory services firm working to transform the delivery of healthcare and aging services for older adults, and LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston released new analysis that shows significant benefit value contained in private long-term care insurance policies in force today.
With support from the Anthem Public Policy Institute, ATI Advisory and LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston analyzed data on private long-term care insurance (LTCi) policyholders who purchased policies between 1995 and 2005 to understand national and state-level in force policy value, buyer demographics, and the likelihood of buyers Medicaid eligibility in absence of their LTCi policy. ....

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