HCANYS Home Care & Hospice Worker Safety Resources

With incidents and concerns about safety while delivering care in the field on the rise, it is a reminder how important it is to focus on prevention. Now more than ever, we need to ensure that our staff are prepared and trained for any incidents that may occur during a home visit. The National Alliance for Care at Home issued a call to action to protect home care employees form work place violence. HCA has prepared a list of resources to help support you in this vital goal.

Toolkits
Toolkit for Mitigating Violence in the Workplace
Developed by the American Organization for Nursing Leadership and Emergency Nurses Association
Joint Commission Prevention of Workplace Violence Resources
Workplace Violence Collection of Topics
Mass Violence Resources (including active shooter)
Disaster Behavioral Health

New York

Nonprofit Security Grant Program Sponsored by the NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services The NSGP provides funding for physical and cybersecurity enhancements and other security-related activities to nonprofit (501 c3) organizations that are at high risk of a terrorist or other extremist attack. NSGP funding is awarded under two funding sources: NSGP-Urban Area (UA), for eligible organizations located within UASI areas (the New York City area) and NSGP-State (S), for eligible organizations located outside designated UASI areas.

SFY 2022-23 Securing Communities Against Hate Crimes (SCAHC) Request For Proposals – Questions and Answers

Maryland Emergency Preparedness Network Home Care Specific Workplace Violence Resources

Workplace Violence Education & Resources

Workplace Violence Webinar Recording

All of the materials contained in the EPN Resource Library are free and curated for home care & hospice providers.

A link to their YouTube channel for all past webinar recordings can be found here.

National/Federal

OSHA Workplace Violence Prevention Resource Page

OSHA Guidelines for Preventing Workplace Violence for Healthcare and Social Service Workers

Building Safe & Healthy Workplaces by Promoting Worker Voice – Issued by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on October 31, 2023

NIOSH Training – Caring for Yourself While Caring for Others

Module 6: Tips for Setting Healthy and Safe Boundaries to Reduce Stress (includes trainer’s guide, presentation slides and participant handouts) In Module 6, participants learn to describe what causes stress in their work lives; define the many impacts of stress; outline strategies for handling and reducing stress; and explain the safe and healthy boundaries needed between homecare workers and their clients.
Module 7: Tips for Safely Handling Threatening Behavior When Providing Homecare (includes trainer’s guide, presentation slides and participant handouts) In Module 7, participants learn to describe the types of threatening behavior homecare workers may face when working in homes; identify factors that can heighten the risk that threatening behaviors may occur; explain how to manage their own emotions and reactions when threatened; and outline effective strategies to reduce risks and handle threatening situations safely.

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