The new Home Care Workforce Action Alliance aims to tackle the dire caregiver shortage from various angles, said Dave Totaro, chief government affairs officer with Bayada. He spoke to McKnight’s Home Care in a podcast this week about how there is a need to improve compensation, benefits, training, career growth, family and caregiver support functions, and the public recognition of the worth of home care.
In this podcast, Dave Totaro, chief government affairs officer with Bayada, shared the goals of the new Home Care Workforce Action Alliance. Among its plans: It is reaching out to other associations that have worker shortages to collaborate on solving the problem. The stakeholders will convene in Washington, D.C., this August and break out into various work groups. The groups then will meet during the latter part of the third and the fourth quarter and report on policy recommendations by end of year. Next year, the alliance aims to work to convert the recommendations into action on Capitol Hill.
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