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[…]

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[…]

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[…]