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Project

AK Community Integrated "PASS" Project

Center:

AK-Center for Human Development, UCEDD/LEND

Fiscal Year:

2003

Contact Information:

Karen Ward
[email protected]
907-272-8270

Project Description:

The Alaska Community Integrated PASS project will improve personal care assistant services and infuse the system with the concepts of individual dignity, choice, and consumer input and control. To accomplish this, the project will: 1. Develop statewide training standards and competency testing for personal assistants working in agency-based PCA programs. 2. Provide technical assistance and training to provider agencies and consumers regarding the Consumer Directed PCA program and the concepts of individual dignity, choice, and consumer input and control. 3. Provide increased training opportunities for personal assistants. The expected benefits of this project include increased recruitment and retention of personal care assistants and an increase in consumer choice and control of services.

Keyword(s):

training, PCA, long-term care,

Core Function(s):

Training Trainees, Performing Technical Assistance and/or Training, Performing Research or Evaluation, Developing & Disseminating Information

Area of Emphasis

Quality Assurance, Health-Related Activities

Target Audience:

Professionals and Para-Professionals, Family Members/Caregivers

Unserved or Under-served Populations:

Racial or Ethnic Minorities, Geographic Areas, Rural/Remote, Specific Groups

Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:

State