Investing in California's Direct Care Workforce

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On August 25, 2009 The SCAN Foundation brought together national experts and stakeholders in Sacramento, California to discuss the opportunities for increasing geriatric training for California’s direct care workforce. Presentations and discussion at this day-long convening focused on California’s perspective on training for Direct Care Workers (DCWs), current requirements of training in California, elements of geriatric curricula, effective training methods, outcome measures and identifying opportunities for change in policy and regulations.

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