"A New Credential for Home Care Aides" by Paula Span of the NYT blog
Member: Direct Care Alliance
February 25, 2011
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In the New York Times' blog, The New Old Age, Paula Span discusses "A New Credential for Home Care Aides." In her article, she discusses the Direct Care Alliance's credentialling program.
As Ms. Span notes, "for the elderly and their families, finding competent, caring home care aides can be a daunting task. Do they go with someone advertising on Craigslist, hoping her references are reliable? Or hire through an agency, trusting that it has thoroughly vetted its employees? They’ll pay more for agency people, but the workers themselves will take home much less, and agency rules — many prohibit aides from driving their clients, for instance — may not dovetail with an elder’s needs. Yet hiring independently, unless an aide is already well known to the community, can be a scary prospect."
