IMPART Alliance is a coalition of researchers, Direct Care Workers (DCWs), clients, and agencies working together to develop a competent home care workforce, improve the lives of DCWs and the clients they serve, and be a model for the nation.
IMPART Alliance has joined forces with PHI National to transform jobs for Michigan’s direct care workers by targeting three policy areas:
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Join the IMPART Alliance Direct Care Worker Directory!
As a Direct Care Worker, are you:
If you answered yes to any of these questions, consider joining the IMPART Alliance Direct Care Worker Directory! COVID-19 has made it clearer than ever that we need better ways to reach other and be heard to improve our jobs and lives as direct care workers. Please help us help you by doing just two simple things:
- Feeling isolated or forgotten as if no one cares about you or the essential work you are doing?
- Would you like more support?
- Would you like to get information about things like new state guidelines, a new Professional Association for Direct Care Workers, opportunities for training, and ways to connect with other DCWs?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, consider joining the IMPART Alliance Direct Care Worker Directory! COVID-19 has made it clearer than ever that we need better ways to reach other and be heard to improve our jobs and lives as direct care workers. Please help us help you by doing just two simple things:
1. Add your name to the new confidential IMPART Alliance Direct Care Worker Directory by completing a super short survey [just 6 questions]. Your contact info will automatically be entered into a secure, confidential database. Your name will never be shared without your permission.
2. Spread the word! Tell all your friends who are Direct Care Workers to join by adding their names to the directory!
Direct Care Worker stories captured in
"Critical Lifelines" The IMPART Alliance Team has interviewed and photographed 31 DCWs from across Michigan with the goal of recording and sharing their stories. Hear in their own words what keeps these DCWs in a career characterized by hard and often unrecognized and under-appreciated work. |
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Direct Care Worker Training Reduces Turnover Costs and Can Increase Wages:
- In 2018, the median turnover rate among Home Care Aides and Personal Care Aides was 82%; a 15% increase from 2017.(1)
- Turnover costs about $2,600 per caregiver; an average of $171,600 per agency per year.(2)
- Training increases job satisfaction which decreases turnover.(3) Training also decreases costly client outcomes like falls and emergency department visits.(4)
Building Training...Building Quality(TM) (BTBQTM) is a comprehensive, person-centered training program that provides Direct Care Workers (DCWs) with the skills needed to deliver in-home, high quality supports & services.
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For more details, download the latest FREE factsheet from IMPART Alliance:
"Personal Care Aide Training Reduces Turnover Costs and Can Increase Wages"
"Personal Care Aide Training Reduces Turnover Costs and Can Increase Wages"
1Holly, R. (2019). Home care industry turnover reaches all-time high of 82%. Home Health Care News. Retrieved from https://homehealthcarenews.com/2019/05/home-care-industry-turnover-reaches-all-time-high-of-82/ 2Kempton, M. (2018) How much is caregiver turnover really costing our business? Home Care Pulse. Retrieved from https://www.homecarepulse.com/articles/much-caregiver-turnover-really-costing-business/
3 Leon J, Marainen J, Marcotte J. (2001) Pennsylvania’s Frontline Workers in Long Term Care: The Provider Organization Perspective. Pennsylvania Intra-Governmental Council Long Term Care. Retrieved from https://www.aging.pa.gov/organization/PennsylvaniaLongTermCareCouncil/Documents/Reports/PennsylvaniaIntraGovernmentalCouncilOnLTC/ PennsylvaniaFrontlineWorkersinLongTermCareTheProviderOrganizationPerspectiveFeb2001.pdf
4 Luz, C. C., Hanson, K. V., Hao, Y., & Spurgeon, E. (2018). Improving Patient Experiences and Outcomes Through Personal Care Aide Training. Journal of patient experience, 5(1), 56–62. doi:10.1177/2374373517724349
3 Leon J, Marainen J, Marcotte J. (2001) Pennsylvania’s Frontline Workers in Long Term Care: The Provider Organization Perspective. Pennsylvania Intra-Governmental Council Long Term Care. Retrieved from https://www.aging.pa.gov/organization/PennsylvaniaLongTermCareCouncil/Documents/Reports/PennsylvaniaIntraGovernmentalCouncilOnLTC/ PennsylvaniaFrontlineWorkersinLongTermCareTheProviderOrganizationPerspectiveFeb2001.pdf
4 Luz, C. C., Hanson, K. V., Hao, Y., & Spurgeon, E. (2018). Improving Patient Experiences and Outcomes Through Personal Care Aide Training. Journal of patient experience, 5(1), 56–62. doi:10.1177/2374373517724349