LTC News Release: Letters Regarding Workforce and Medicaid Renewals
On July 25, 2023, the DC Coalition on Long Term Care sent out two critical letters to members of the DC Council and the DC Health Care Finance Agency (DCHF). In the first letter, the Coalition addresses the DC Council Committee on Health regarding several key initiatives to help alleviate the direct care workforce shortage. […]
Letter to Committee on Health
The Honorable Christina Henderson, Chair The Honorable Vincent C. Gray The Honorable Charles Allen The Honorable Brianne Nadeau The Honorable Zachery Parker Committee on Health The John A. Wilson Building 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC. 20004 Dear Chairperson Henderson and Members of the Committee on Health: On behalf of the Coalition on Long Term […]
LTC News Release: Letter to DC Council on Home Health Aide Parking Permits
In a letter sent February 8, 2023, the DC Coalition on Long Term Care is calling on the DC Department of Transportation to reengineer ParkDC, a system to issue free parking permits to home health aides via an on-line portal. The system is supposed to help HHAs avoid parking tickets when they are working in […]
LTC News Release: Workforce Subcommittee’s 2023 Legislative Priorities
The DC Long Term Care Coalition Workforce Subcommittee has developed its legislative priorities for 2023. We are asking the Council to take various action steps in the year ahead to increase the size of a trained, credentialed and competent Direct Care workforce. These steps include encouraging people to enter and stay in this occupation, providing […]
LTC News Release: Survey of HCBS Providers Related to Retention and Other Workforce Issues
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 25, 2022 On September 30, the Department of Health Care Finance (DCHF) published three separate notices that outline its approach to paying out more than $17 million in ARPA funds for direct care worker retention, recruitment, conversion and vaccine bonus payments. Due to the approach taken by DHCF, the DC Coalition […]
LTC News Release: District Seniors and People with Disabilities Face Reduced Access to Care Due to Shortages of Direct Care Staff
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 13, 2022 District Seniors and People with Disabilities Face Reduced Access to Care Due to Shortages of Direct Care Staff A new survey of providers who serve DC seniors and people with developmental disabilities in home and community-based settings highlights unprecedented staffing shortages that are already reducing access to care […]
LTC Releases Medication Aide Survey Results
In 2019, the DC Board of Nursing approved new certification standards for medication aides (MA-C). MA-Cs are CNAs and HHAs who have received additional training and have been certified to administer medications under the supervision of an RN or LPN. The DC Coalition for Long-term Care, Subcommittee on Workforce Development surveyed providers across the LTSS […]
LTC News Release: Council Action on “Preserve Our Healthcare Workforce Act”
During the pandemic, testing and training for Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) and Home Health Aides (HHAs) was shut down for months. To meet staffing needs, the Board of Nursing granted waivers allowing health care entities to hire CNAs and HHAS who were licensed in other jurisdictions. Those waivers have ended and based upon a survey […]
LTC News Release: District Leaders Must Address the Growing Shortage of Direct Care Workers for Residents in Need of Long-Term Care
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 28, 2021 District Leaders Must Address the Growing Shortage of Direct Care Workers for Residents in Need of Long-Term Care A broad coalition of providers, advocates and consumers led by LeadingAgeDC, the DC HealthCare Association (DCHCA), the DC Home Health Association, DC Appleseed, the DC Coalition on Long Term Care […]
Long Term Care (LTC) Coalition Meetings
LTC Coalition Meetings will be held on the second Wednesday of each month. Dates for the remainder of 2019: May 8, June 12, July 10, September 11, October 9, November 13, and December 11 *Please note that no meeting will be held in the month of August* Time: 12-2 pm Location: Iona Senior Services, 4125 […]