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The Home Health Aide Partnering Collaborative: Final Evaluation Report & Implementation Manual

07/07/2008 | Requests *

Summary

This quality improvement project was developed and implemented at the Visiting Nurse Service of New York. The primary purpose of the Collaborative was to enhance quality of work life for home health aides while improving outcomes for home health patients. The Final Report examines three areas: patient outcomes; patient service use; aide job perceptions & retention. The Implementation Manual emerged out of the lessons learned from an evaluation of the agency-wide spread of tools and strategies.

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Available Files

Executive Summary Off-site link
Full Evaluation Report PDF (1,321K, 59 pages)
Full Evaluation Report Off-site link
Implementation Manual (pdf) Off-site link (74 pages)
Implementation Manual Off-site link

Keywords

Recruitment and Retention; Wages and Benefits; HHAs; Five Promises; ADL Tool; Paraprofessional Manager Tool;

Topic

State/Agency Information, Workforce/Direct Care

Type/Tool

Manuals, Reports

Source

ASPE

State

New York, All States/Territories

Date Created

07/07/2008

Contact

Marie Squillace
ASPE Project Officer
HHS/ASPE/DALTCP

Marie.Squillace@hhs.gov

Short URL

www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/doc/2300

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