Older Health Care Workers Conference Follow-Up
Health & Medicine Policy Research Group and the Great Lakes Centers for Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health (University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health) co-hosted the Older Healthcare Workers Conference in the morning of Tuesday September 29th, 2009. The conference, on campus at the University Illinois of Chicago, included roughly 50 participants with a diverse range of backgrounds. The conference was a successful stepping stone to convening major home care agencies, health care organizations and workers, policy and research professionals, and labor unions in addressing the important and growing population of older adult healthcare workers. Participants and organizers alike agreed that this conference is only the beginning of a dialogue that must be continued on the topic.
Speakers and workshops focused on five main areas of Older Healthcare Workers:
1.) recruitment and retention issues
2.) training and promotion
3.) workplace design and accommodating workers with disabilities
4.) wellness and health promotion programs
5.) workplace policies and legislative initiatives.
Let’s keep the dialogue going about these issues and possible solutions. Send your thoughts, resources, news and other information to Kristen Pavle at Health & Medicine and we’ll post items on our Special Page on the Health & Medicine blog at: http://hmprg.typepad.com/health-medicine-hmprg/
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Conference Materials
- Conference Agenda
- Conference Speaker Bios
- Employer Case Examples
- Reading Resources Packet
- Vendor List
Conference Presentations
- Keynote Presentation
- Civic Engagement and Older Adults
- Workplace Design and Accomodating Workers with Disabilities
Additional Materials
- Averting a Care Crisis
- LEAP Towards Culture Change
- Building the Foundation for Quality Improvement
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital Safe Lifting Program
Workshop Summaries
- Policy and Legislative Initiatives Workshop Summary
- Recruitment and Retention Workshop Summary
- Training and Promotion Workshop Summary
- Wellness and Health Promotion Workshop Summary
- Workplace Design Workshop Summary
Older Workers Workgroup -Additional Materials, Profiles, Etc.
