| Ohio Health Care Workforce Advisory Council |
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Progress Report to the Governor's Ohio Workforce Policy Board on The Health Care Workforce Shortage in Ohio (June 2004)  |
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Overview: Ohio Health Care Workforce Advisory Council |
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Advisory Council Membership List |
| Meeting Minutes |
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Advisory Council Meeting Minutes - March 22, 2004 |
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Advisory Council Meeting Minutes - February 23, 2004 |
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Advisory Council Meeting Minutes - September 22, 2003 |
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Advisory Council Meeting Minutes - May 24, 2004 |
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Advisory Council Meeting Minutes - July 28, 2003 |
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Advisory Council Meeting Minutes - June 2, 2003 |
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Advisory Council Meeting Minutes - April 28, 2003 |
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Advisory Council Meeting Minutes - March 24, 2003 |
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Advisory Council Meeting Minutes - January 27, 2003 |
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Advisory Council Meeting Minutes - November 25, 2002 |
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Advisory Council Meeting Minutes - September 23, 2002 |
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Advisory Council Meeting Minutes - July 22, 2002 |
| Promising Practices |
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Best Practices for Assuring an Adequate Healthcare Workforce (September 2004) |
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Promising Health Care Workforce Practices |
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Wyandot County Nursing Home |
| Healthcare Organizations - Aging |
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Institute for the Future of Aging Services
Web site: http://www.futureofaging.org/
With a rapidly aging society, researchers, policymakers, providers and individuals are asking the same question: How can we most effectively meet the needs of our older citizens? The Institute for the Future of Aging Services (IFAS) is a policy research center uniquely designed to help answer that question.
The site includes sections on:
- Areas of interest
- Center for Medicare Education
- Projects
- Publications
- Links
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| Healthcare Organizations - Direct Caregivers |
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And Thou Shalt Honor Foundation
Web site: http://atsh.org/
And Thou Shalt Honor Foundation site includes information on books, publications, caregiver services, television programs sponsored by And Thou Shalt Honor, a web database established in conjunction with the program, etc. The database includes nearly 40,000 community service organizations that provide support services for caregivers.
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Direct Care Alliance
Web site: http://www.directcarealliance.org/
The Direct Care Alliance (DCA) is responding to the workforce crisis in long-term care. A growing national, practitioner-based coalition of long-term care consumers, direct-care workers, and concerned healthcare providers have come together to pursue broad-based reforms — both within public policy and healthcare industry practice — to ensure a stable, valued, and well-trained direct-care workforce that can meet consumers' demands for high-quality paraprofessional healthcare services.
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Iowa Caregivers Association
Web site: http://www.iowacaregivers.org/
Iowa Care Givers Association (ICA) represents the voices of direct care/support workers by tracking legislation, and by serving on committees and task forces which affect direct care workers. ICA promotes a statewide network of support, education, recognition and advocacy for direct care workers who care for elderly persons, children and adults with special needs, and others.
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National Association Of Geriatric Nursing Assistants
Web site: http://www.nagna.org/
The association has a membership of more than 30,000 CNAs representing over 500 nursing homes in 29 states and the District of Columbia. Based in Joplin, Missouri, it provides recognition for outstanding achievements, development training for CNAs, mentoring programs to reduce CNA turnover, and advocacy for issues important to long term care and CNAs.
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National Clearinghouse on the Direct Care Workforce
Web site: http://www.directcareclearinghouse.org/index.jsp
The Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute has developed the National Clearinghouse on the Direct Care Workforce in cooperation with the Direct Care Alliance, a coalition of consumers, workers, and concerned providers dedicated to ensuring a stable, valued and well-trained workforce. The Clearinghouse collects, analyzes, and disseminates information concerning the health care paraprofessional workforce. The site features news articles, publications, links to other sites, and information about research in the field of direct caregivers and long-term care.
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Nurse Aide Training
Department of Human Services, Offices of the Inspector General Report
November, 2002
Web site: http://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-05-01-00030.pdf
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Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute
Web site: http://www.paraprofessional.org/
This site features news, publications, information about research and links to other relevant sites dealing with paraprofessionals.
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Practice Profile Database
Web site: http://www.directcareclearinghouse.org/practices/index.jsp
This database includes profiles of programs implemented by service providers, educators, and worker and community organizations to improve the recruitment, training, and retention of direct-care workers across the spectrum of facility- and home- and community-based long-term care services. Each profile includes program descriptions as well as links to additional information.
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| Healthcare Organizations – General Healthcare |
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Center for the Health Professions
Web site: http://www.futurehealth.ucsf.edu/
As an active part of one of the nation’s leading academic health centers, the Center for the Health Professions at the University of California, San Francisco focuses its efforts on understanding the challenges faced by the health care workforce and developing programs and resources that assist in making successful transitions to the emergent health care systems. The Center's programs address a range of issues that impact the health care system and workforce both in California and nationwide. These issues include supply and distribution; skills and training; cultural competency and diversity; and leadership, partnership and vision.
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| Healthcare Organizations - Hospitals |
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FutureThink
Web site: www.futurethink.org
An initiative created by the Ohio Organization for Nurse Executives and Ohio Hospital Association to design the future of clinical health care so hospitals, hospital employees and doctors can stop worrying about shortages of health care workers and start focusing on what matters - taking care of people.
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Ohio Hospital Association
Web site: http://www.ohanet.org/workforce/
Helps Ohio hospitals attract and retain talented and dedicated professional and medical staff. Includes best practices, nursing essays and a list of available scholarships.
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| Healthcare Organizations - Nursing |
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American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Web site: http://www.aacn.nche.edu/
Includes information on colleges of nursing, accreditation, conferences, program evaluation, geriatric nursing, and many more subjects
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American Nurses Association
Web site: http://www.nursingworld.org/
The American Nurses Association is a full-service professional organization representing the nation's 2.6 million Registered Nurses through its 54 constituent state associations and 13 organizational affiliate members. The site provides a number of links to useful sites related to nursing.
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Discover Nursing
Web site: http://www.discovernursing.com/
Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson, this web site provides information about nursing careers, profiles several nurses, includes a database you can search for nursing programs, nursing scholarships and nursing grants around the country. The site also allows you to order posters, brochures and pins to promote nursing as a career for women, men and minority populations.
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National Institute of Nursing Research
Web site: http://www.nih.gov/ninr/
National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research. Many links and information about the various programs and research efforts of the NIH divisions relating to nursing.
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Ohio Nurses Association
Web site: http://www.ohnurses.org/
The largest nurses advocacy organization and labor union in the Ohio. This site contains information about the union as well as publications and news alerts relating to nursing in Ohio.
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RN Advocate
Web site: http://www.rnadvocate.com/nursing.htm
RN Advocate is an Internet resource guide compiled by registered nurses. This page contains a list of active links to numerous RN-related organizations' web sites.
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Service Employees International Union
Web site: http://www.seiu.org/
Web site of the Service Employees International Union, one of the largest unions representing nurses and other health care workers.
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| Publications and Reports |
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The Future Supply of Long Term Care Workers in Relation to the Aging Baby Boom Generation. A Report To Congress. May, 2003
Web Site: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/ltcwork.pdf
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The Key Ingredient of the National Prevention Agenda: Workforce Development
Web site: ftp://ftp.hrsa.gov/bhpr/nationalcenter/hp2010.pdf
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Health Resources and Services Administration
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In Our Hands: How Hospital Leaders Can Build A Thriving Workforce
American Hospital Association, July, 2002
Web site: http://www.hospitalconnect.com/aha/key_issues/workforce/commission/InOurHands.html
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Who Will Care For Us?
Web site: http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/daltcp/reports/ltcwf.htm
The paraprofessional long-term care workforce--nursing assistants, home
health and home care aides, personal care workers, and personal care
attendants--forms the centerpiece of the formal long-term care system.
These frontline workers provide hands-on care, supervision, and emotional
support to millions of elderly and younger people with chronic illness and
disabilities. Low wages and benefits, hard working conditions, heavy
workloads, and a job that has been stigmatized by society make worker
recruitment and retention difficult.
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