title: Mental health home care aide program. Enhancing services all around.
abstract: Home care aides are a vital link in the home care continuum. One agency realized that specialty training for home care aides would not only make them even more valuable to the agency but also provide a career ladder for aides. One of the agency's first areas of specialty training was mental health.
authors.affiliation: All Care Visiting Nurse Association, Lynn, MA, USA.
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authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mongeau
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authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sherman
mesh_terms: D002322:Career Mobility; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D006699:Home Care Services; D018576:Home Health Aides / Q000193:education*; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008404:Massachusetts; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D000078329:Workforce