Together in Care: Empowering Direct Care Workers and Family Caregivers to Meet Growing Demand for Care

This issue brief (22 pages) provides an overview of care partnerships between direct care workers (personal care aides, home health aides, nursing assistants, etc.) and caregivers in the U.S. and shares recommendations on how they might be strengthened.
Year: 2024
Languages: English
Format: Document (article, report, guide, etc.)
Dimension(s) of caregiving:
  • Realities of caregiving

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This issue brief (22 pages) provides an overview of care partnerships between direct care workers (personal care aides, home health aides, nursing assistants, etc.) and caregivers in the U.S. and shares recommendations on how they might be strengthened.

The data and recommendations are based on a national convening with over 10 experts, interviews with 13 additional individual subject matter experts, and a literature review.