Trends & Resources

Check back often to stay up to date on the latest news, topics, and resources affecting the long term care profession.

Employee Resources

• Better Jobs Better Care (posted 7-26-07)

  • Insights Newsletter – Summer 2007 (PDF) (posted 7-26-07)

• Oregon Health Career Center

• National Direct Service Workforce Resource Center

Employer Resources

• Handbook for Employers - Instructions For Completing Form I-9 (PDF) (posted 8-13-07)

• Work Opportunity Tax Credit (posted 8-13-07)

• Engaged Employees – The Key to Increased Profitability & Resident Satisfaction (PDF) (posted 6-27-07)

• Calculation of CNA Annual Turnover Rate (PDF) (posted 6-27-07)

• Calculation of Annual CNA Turnover Replacement Cost (PDF) (posted 6-27-07)

• Measuring Long-Term Care Work: A Guide to Selected Instruments to Examine Direct Care Worker Experiences and Outcomes (PDF) (posted 6-27-07)

• Wisdom at Work: The Importance of the Older and Experienced Nurse in the Workplace (PDF)

• Wage and Hour FAQ’s Applicable to RCF’s (posted 3/20/07)

• Wage and Hour Division web site (posted 3/20/07)

• Fact Sheet #53 – The Health Care Industry and Hours Worked (PDF) (posted 3/20/07)

• BOLI’s Technical Assistance for Employers (posted 3/20/07)

General Resource Links

• SE Works
  A universal access One Stop Career Center with a full range of services available to job seekers and employers. If you are a job seeker you can participate in pre-employment workshops, write resumes, and search the internet for job leads in the Neighborhood Jobs Center. In some instances, job seekers may be eligible for more intensive training, placement and retention services provided under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA).

• Oregon Healthcare Workforce Institute
  OHWI exists to coordinate and advance a comprehensive statewide response to the growing healthcare workforce shortage. OHWI's focus includes accurate supply and demand data, educational program and clinical expansion, development of public policy and connection of interested parties for problem solving, funding and information sharing.

• Oregon Labor Marketing Career Information

• Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (posted 6-27-07)

  • A nonprofit organization that works to strengthen the direct-care workforce within our nation’s long-term care system through developing innovative approaches to recruitment, training, and supervision; client-centered caregiving practices; and effective public policy.

• National Clearinghouse on the Direct Care Workforce (posted 6-27-07)

  • Includes government and research reports, news, issue briefs, fact sheets, and other information on topics such as recruitment, career advancement supervision, workplace culture, and care giving practices.

  • Houses training manuals and how-to guides, a list of direct-care worker associations and listings to other associations, resources, and events.

  • Publishes original research and analysis, including fact sheets, an annual survey of state initiatives on the direct-care workforce, news stories, and Quality Jobs/Quality Care, a free biweekly on-line newsletter.

News

• Oregonian's Career Focus on Health Care – July Issue (PDF) (posted 8-1-07)

• Oregon Healthcare Workforce Institute Launches Website
    > View Press Release (posted 5-1-07) (PDF)

• OSA Simulation Training Alert (PDF)

• NWHF Board of Directors approved new Nursing Shortage Initiative Grants

• HHS Issues Workforce Report

• Vital Signs: Health Care, Social Assistance Industries Thriving (PDF)

Workforce Data & Research

• 2006 National Survey of Nursing Home Workforce Satisfaction (PDF) (posted 7-10-07)

• National Center for Health Workforce Analysis Reports (posted 6-27-07)

• Findings on Frontline Long-Term Care Workers: A Research Synthesis 1999-2003 (PDF) (posted 6-27-07)

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