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  • New Resources Available to Improve Retention
    Quality Partners Rhode Island recently released a ''Staff Stability Toolkit'' that provides ''how-to'' tips and practical tools for nursing homes seeking to reverse turnover rates.

  • CMS Grants Promote Home-Based Care Options
    Seven states will receive a share of over $8 million in grants from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to increase awareness of home- and community-based long-term care options for people leaving hospitals who otherwise may enter a traditional nursing home.

  • 'Ask Medicare' Site Launched for Caregivers
    The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today launched ''Ask Medicare,'' a website to help family caregivers -- those who are family members or friends who help people with Medicare -- access and use valuable health care information, services, and resources.

  • PHI EXPERT INTERVIEW: Peggy Powell
    The second in a four-part series of PHI Expert Interviews, PHI's Elise Nakhikian interviews Peggy Powel.

  • ANCOR Announces Video Winners, National DSP Recognition Week
    ANCOR continues its advocacy work for direct support professionals (DSPs) with two announcements this month: It has selected the winners of its 2008 DSP TV Online video contest, and it has won the unanimous support of the U.S. Senate for its National Direct Support Professionals Week.