Direct Care Worker Coalition
The Maine Direct Care Worker Coalition is comprised of representatives from the long-term care and support system in Maine including workers, consumers, and service providers. The coalition’s mission is to promote policy and practices that respect and value direct care workers in order to sustain quality direct care in Maine. MECEP staffs the coalition.
High quality long-term health care services require:
- A humane, holistic, and consumer-centered approach to care.
- Adequate, qualified and valued staff at all levels.
- Direct care workers’ right to advocate effectively for consumers and themselves.
- Continuity of consumer care.
Long-term health care service organizations must be given adequate reimbursements to support:
- A safe environment for staff and consumers.
- Adequate compensation to meet the basic needs of workers.
- Job flexibility, benefits, and advancement opportunities for workers.
- Seamless, available staff training in an atmosphere of ongoing learning
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Choices: A New State Study on the Direct Care Workforce 
Mar 25, 2007 by Lisa Pohlmann
Study of Maine's Direct Care Workforce: Wages, Benefits and a Worker Registry. MDHHS Report to the 123rd Legislature, March 2007.
Meeting Maine’s Need for Frontline Workers in Long-term Care and Service Options 
Sep 22, 2006 by Lisa Pohlmann for the Blaine House Conference on Aging
Choices: Direct Care Remains a Critical Workforce Challenge 
Apr 29, 2005 by Lisa Pohlmann
Without Care: Maine’s Direct Care Worker Shortage 
Feb 01, 2003 by Lisa Pohlmann
National Clearinghouse on the Directcare Workforce
Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute
Health Care for Health Care Workers
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Better Jobs Better Care
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