Category: Direct Support Professionals
Improve DSP Recruitment and Retention with These Strategies
Direct support professionals (DSPs) are key to providing qualified and compassionate care for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Recruiting and retaining DSPs is often challenging and frustrating. Direct Care Innovations works with caregiving agencies, and we understand the struggle of hiring and retaining hard-working and dedicated employees. With research-based strategies, your organization can address […]
Celebrate Direct Support Professional Recognition Week
Each September, agencies nationwide honor and celebrate direct support professionals (DSPs) during DSP Recognition Week, September 10 – 16. Many individuals working as DSPs are the heart and soul of caregiving agencies. Without them, organizations that serve individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) could not function. This is why Direct Care Innovations encourages you […]
New Year’s Resolutions for Family & Direct Support Caregivers
Caring for others can exhaust both your time and energy. While it can be rewarding to make a difference in your client’s or family member’s lives, it can also be demanding on your schedule, mental stamina, and physical strength. At Direct Care Innovations, we want to encourage you to make some New Year’s Resolutions that […]
West Virginia to Use Federal Funds for Home Health Care Workers
The West Virginia Department of Health, along with Governor Jim Justice, recently announced that the state’s Medicaid program will be using federal funds to increase wages and benefits for its home health care workers. Not only will the funds be used to address staffing shortages and retain current workers, but it will also help to […]
4 Creative Ideas for Direct Support Professional Recognition Week
Direct Support Professional Recognition Week is September 11 – 17. While many healthcare and developmental disability agencies wish to show their appreciation for their direct support professionals (DSPs) throughout the year, September is a great opportunity to pull out all the stops and do something extra special for the DSPs who work tirelessly to serve […]
5 Ways to Retain Direct Support Professionals
Without direct care providers/direct support professionals, the agencies Direct Care Innovations supports wouldn’t exist. Therefore, neither would we. When DSPs succeed, grow and climb the ladder in the Intellectual/Developmental Disability (IDD) world, their agencies do, too. For this reason, we take the opportunity to review the DSP staffing deficit and identify ways to help our […]