TY - JOUR
T1 - The Direct Support Workforce
T2 - An Examination of Direct Support Professionals and Frontline Supervisors During COVID-19
AU - Pettingell, Sandra L.
AU - Bershadsky, Julie
AU - Anderson, Lynda Lahti
AU - Hewitt, Amy
AU - Reagan, John
AU - Zhang, Alicia
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 American Association on Mental Retardation. All rights reserved.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Direct support professionals (DSPs) and frontline supervisors (FLSs) have critical roles in home and community-based services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Low wages and high levels of responsibility created a long-term crisis in recruitment and retention and are exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. A national sample of DSPs and FLSs were compared on demographics and work-related circumstances using data from the third Direct Support Workforce COVID-19 Survey. Significant differences were found in demographics, hours worked, wages, wage augmentations, and quality of work-life. Policy recommendations to address the worsening workforce crisis are provided.
AB - Direct support professionals (DSPs) and frontline supervisors (FLSs) have critical roles in home and community-based services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Low wages and high levels of responsibility created a long-term crisis in recruitment and retention and are exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. A national sample of DSPs and FLSs were compared on demographics and work-related circumstances using data from the third Direct Support Workforce COVID-19 Survey. Significant differences were found in demographics, hours worked, wages, wage augmentations, and quality of work-life. Policy recommendations to address the worsening workforce crisis are provided.
KW - COVID-19
KW - IDD
KW - direct support professionals
KW - frontline supervisors
KW - workforce issues
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U2 - 10.1352/1934-9556-61.3.197
DO - 10.1352/1934-9556-61.3.197
M3 - Article
C2 - 37301996
AN - SCOPUS:85163905597
SN - 1934-9491
VL - 61
SP - 197
EP - 210
JO - Intellectual and developmental disabilities
JF - Intellectual and developmental disabilities
IS - 3
ER -