One strategy identified in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services‘ (HHS) draft taskforce plan to meet the Obama Administration’s goal of developing effective ways to treat and prevent Alzheimer’s disease by 2025 is to “Build a Workforce with the Skills to Provide High-Quality Care.”
The plan recognizes direct-care workers as long-term care providers who care for people with Alzheimer’s disease and recommends expanding and enhancing direct-care workers’ “dementia-specific capabilities” to “Enhance Care Quality and Efficiency,” one of the taskforce’s five general goals.