NEW Publications from HCHCW
- Preparing America to Care: Health Care Reform Must Strengthen Eldercare Services (pdf)
- Coverage for Caregivers: Lessons from Massachusetts Health Reform (October 2009) (pdf)
- Health Insurance Coverage of New York State’s Home Care Aides: Findings from a 2008 Survey of Home Care Agencies Outside of New York City (April 2009) (pdf)
- Is New York Prepared to Care? A Comprehensive Coverage Solution for Home Care Workers (May 2009) (pdf)
- Invisible Care Gap: Caregivers Without Coverage (May 2008) (1.92MB pdf)
- Coverage Models from the States: Strategies for expanding health care coverage to the direct-care workforce (March 2008) (1.63 MB pdf)
National
- CMS Direct Service Workforce Demonstration Grants: Overview and discussion of health coverage interventions (April 2006) (pdf)
- Emerging Strategies for Providing Health Coverage to the Frontline Workforce in Long Term Care: Lessons from the CMS Direct Service Community Workforce demonstration grants (January 2007) (pdf)
- Health Insurance Coverage Initiatives of the CMS Direct Service Workforce Demonstration Grants 2003 and 2004 (Chart of Initiatives) (pdf)
- A Crisis for Caregivers: Health Insurance out of Reach for Nursing Home Workers (pdf)
- A Look at Working-Age Caregivers’ Roles, Health Concerns, and Need for Support
- Health Insurance Coverage for Direct Care Workers: Riding Out the Storm (pdf)
State Analyses
- California
- Los Angeles In-Home Support Services Study – This series of studies of home care workers in the Los Angeles In-Home Support Services program found that health insurance improves retention rates
- Providing Health Insurance to IHSS Providers in Los Angeles County, 2000 (pdf)
- Impact of Health Benefits on Retention of Homecare Workers: Analysis of the IHSS health benefits program in Los Angeles County, 2005 (pdf)
- Impacts of Medical Benefits on Service Use and Satisfaction: A survey of IHSS homecare workers in Los Angeles, 2005 (pdf)
- The Impact of Health Benefits on Retention of Homecare Workers: A Two-Year Study of the IHSS Health Benefits Program in Los Angeles County, 2004 (pdf)
- Impact of Health Benefits on Retention of Homecare Workers: Preliminary Analysis of the IHSS Health Benefits Program in Los Angeles County - June 2003 Summary Chart (pdf)
- The State of IHSS Health Benefits in California: A Survey of Counties (pdf)
- For other California studies go to the National Clearinghouse of the Direct-Care Workforce
- Los Angeles In-Home Support Services Study – This series of studies of home care workers in the Los Angeles In-Home Support Services program found that health insurance improves retention rates
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