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Research
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OhioKAN trial on caregiver and child outcomes
Caregivers in the intervention group reported higher satisfaction with program services, accessibility of community resources, and resourcefulness to meet their children’s needs three months after intake.
ResearchChild Care
Federal support came after grandfamilies pressed to be seen
Later in the response efforts, federal legislation specifically called out supports for grandfamilies by providing unique federal funding flexibilities for kinship navigator programs and by funding the first ever National Technical Assistance Center on Grandfamilies and Kinship Families.
ResearchChild Care
Home Care Rule reduced older adults’ paid home care use
The paper reports that the 2015 Home Care Rule reduced older adults’ probability of using paid home care.
ResearchElder Care
Study reports direct care and enhanced lives
Qualitative survey narratives from the youngest age group had the highest number of direct care codes and codes indicating that their lives were enhanced by their brother or sister.
ResearchDisability
Parental competition negatively associates with childcare quality
A Quebec study measures childcare quality through inspection violations and penalties, finding the association with parental competition strongest in less affluent neighbourhoods.
ResearchChild Care
Prekindergarten expansion and child-care supply in Wisconsin
The research finds no association with licensed center-based supply, but a negative association for licensed family child-care supply.
ResearchChild Care
The proportion of Medicaid residents in nursing homes significantly decreased.
A six-state study found nursing-home changes after mandatory MLTSS, while an AARP review identifies what community care needs to work locally.
ResearchPolicyElder Care
Massachusetts Evidence Links Access to Educator Pay
Eighty-nine percent of surveyed Massachusetts mothers said they would use formal child care if it were free.
ResearchWorkforceChild Care
A Remote Pilot Tests Culinary Workshops and Coaching for Cancer Caregivers
Drexel University and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia tested culinary workshops and coaching for caregivers feeding children during cancer treatment.
ResearchChild Care
RN staffing mix tracks acute-care use in nursing homes
A national panel study found lower hospitalization and outpatient emergency-department visit rates where RN share was higher, holding total nursing hours constant.
ResearchWorkforceElder Care
Massachusetts Wage Proposal Links Worker Pay to Child-Care Access
Jeff Liebman estimates a $6 per hour wage increase would raise formal child-care enrollment from 53 percent to 65 percent in five years; the state would cover the cost.
ResearchWorkforcePolicyChild Care
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