The Eldercare Workforce Alliance (EWA), a project of the Tides Center, is a coalition of 28 US national organizations that came together to focus on short- and long-term healthcare workforce issues relating to older adults.

Overview

In response to the

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's report ''Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Healthcare Workforce'', over twenty organizations that represent consumers, family caregivers, the direct care workforce, and healthcare professions, joined together with the aim of delivering high-quality care to an aging population. As the baby-boomers retire, caring for the America's older adults will become a growing challenge. The organization supports additional training in geriatrics for

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s, including home care workers and revising the

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, a provision in the

Fair Labor Standards Act The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) is a United States labor law that creates the right to a minimum wage, and "time-and-a-half" overtime pay when people work over forty hours a week. It also prohibits employment of minors in "oppres ...

that excludes home care aides from receiving minimum wage and overtime protections. In February 2013 the Eldercare Workforce Alliance wrote on this topic in a ''Huffington Post'' article titled "The State of Quality Care Demands Quality Jobs".

Member organizations

The Eldercare Workforce Alliance consists of 28 organizations: *

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* Alzheimer's Association *Alzheimer's Foundation of America * AMDA: LTC Medicine *

American Academy of Nursing The American Academy of Nursing (AAN) is a professional organization that generates, synthesizes, and disseminates nursing knowledge to contribute to health policy and practice for the benefit of the public and the nursing profession. Founded in 1 ...

*American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry *

American Geriatrics Society The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) is a non-profit professional society founded on June 11, 1942, for health care professionals practicing geriatric medicine. Among the founding physicians were Dr. Ignatz Leo Nascher, who coined the term "geri ...

(Alliance Co-Convener) *American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living * American Nurses Association * American Physical Therapy Association *

American Psychological Association The American Psychological Association (APA) is the largest scientific and professional organization of psychologists in the United States, with over 133,000 members, including scientists, educators, clinicians, consultants, and students. It ha ...

American Society of Consultant Pharmacists The American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) is an international professional association that provides education, advocacy, and resources to advance the practice of senior care pharmacy, and that represents the interests of consultant p ...

*American Society on Aging *Coalition of Geriatric Nursing Organizations * Council on Social Work Education *Direct Care Alliance *

Family Caregiver Alliance Family Caregiver Alliance (FCA) is a national nonprofit caregiver support organization headquartered in San Francisco, California. FCA's purpose is to "improve the quality of life for caregivers and the people who receive their care." History ...

* Gerontological Society of America *LeadingAge *National Alliance for Caregiving *National Association for Geriatric Education *

The National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care The National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care (formerly NCCNHR) was founded by Elma L. Holder in 1975. It is the US voice to improve the quality of care for long-term care consumers. The Consumer Voice is the source for long-term care educ ...

National Council on Aging The National Council on Aging (NCOA) was founded in 1950 as the first charitable organization in the U.S. that would advocate for older Americans with service providers and policymakers. Headquartered in Washington, DC ) , image_skyline ...

*National Hispanic Council on Aging * NCB Capital Impact/THE GREEN HOUSE Project * New York Academy of Medicine/Social Work Leadership Institute * PHI - Quality Care through Quality Jobs (Alliance Co-Convener) * Service Employees International Union *

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a Cabinet-level executive branch department of the federal government charged with providing life-long healthcare services to eligible military veterans at the 170 VA medical centers an ...

(Federal Liaison)

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External links

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Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Health Care Workforce
, 2008 Medical and health organizations based in Washington, D.C.