Direct Care Workers, Employers & Allies Caring Across New Mexico
It has been another exciting year for the New Mexico Direct Caregivers Coalition! On November 5, we hosted the second annual statewide summit, Caring Across New Mexico. We were thrilled to have so...
View ArticleFrom the Family Caregiver Conference: Telling Our Stories
It is such an exciting month to be a direct care worker. So many people have stepped forward this month to increase awareness around important issues such as Alzheimer’s care and family caregiving!...
View ArticleDCA Credential Professionalizing New Mexico Workforce
I serve as the New Mexico Direct Care Association Chairman and as Co-Chair of the National Credential Commission for Professional Home and Community Services, and I believe DCA is helping us all do...
View ArticleCaregiver Advocate Looks to Hone Skills at 2011 VI Leadership Training
My name is Meriam Jawhar, and for the last ten years I have been a proud advocate for elders and people with disabilities, working to ensure that the most vulnerable in our society are given the voice...
View ArticleDCA Members, Allies Comment on Proposed Rule
Now that we’re about two-thirds of the way through the public comment period on the proposed rule to extend Fair Labor Standards Act protections to home care workers, the comments are beginning to give...
View ArticleNew Mexico Direct Care Workers Hone Leadership, Advocacy Skills
“I left at the end of our two-day training with a feeling of accomplishment and hope, knowing the workers in attendance had committed to the cause,” says Brenda Nachtway, DCA’s national field director,...
View ArticleNew Mexico Caregivers Convene for Educational Conference
The third annual New Mexico Direct Caregivers Summit for family and professional caregivers took place on November 2 at Sandia Casino and Resort in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The event was held by the...
View ArticleGrowing the Movement in 2013
As I look back on all that DCA has accomplished in 2012, I can’t wait to see what we’ll get done in 2013. I truly believe that the growing wave of aging baby boomers is about to meet up with the...
View ArticleReport from the Field: Legislators Listen in New Mexico
The New Mexico Direct Caregivers Coalition (NMDCC) is hosting a series of listening sessions for family and professional caregivers, care recipients, friends and family members of caregivers and...
View ArticleNew Mexico Uses DCA Credential to Help Caregivers Prove Skills, Knowledge
While certified nursing assistants and home health aides have to take at least 75 hours of training and pass a certification exam to prove their fitness for the job, there is no federally mandated...
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