Symposium flyer (PDF)
DCA Direct Care Worker Specialist Vicki Erickson will join other speakers on April 24 for a symposium on the direct care workforce sponsored by the Indiana Care Givers Association. Erickson will offer a direct care worker’s perspective.
Other speakers include:
- PHI Midwest Policy Specialist Tameshia Bridges, who will discuss projections for the future size and demographics of the workforce;
- Arlene Franklin and Robyn Grant, whose topic is “How the workforce can meet the demands for high quality care”;
- DCA board member Genevieve Gipson, who will talk about emerging roles for career nursing assistants;
- John Delgado of the U.S. Department of Labor, who will talk about apprenticeship programs for direct care workers; and
- U.S. Army Reserves lieutenant colonel Ivy Griggs on meeting the needs of America’s veterans.
