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DIRECT CARE WORKERS ARE THE KEY TO LONG-TERM CARE If the time comes to find long-term care for a family member, the direct care workers who will provide the hands-on care are key to getting the best in quality care. The NC NOVA special state license tells families which long-term care providers, whether nursing homes, adult care homes or home care agencies, meet higher workplace standards by investing in their direct care workers. NC NOVA providers have:
Learn what it takes to earn NC NOVA designation. 
WHO ARE DIRECT CARE WORKERS Direct care workers are nurse aides, personal care aides or attendants and other unlicensed frontline caregivers who give some or all of the loving care that a person's family can no longer provide every day. They provide 90% if the hands-on, long-term care in nursing facilities, adult care homes and home care agencies. Well-trained direct care workers proved a stable and nurturing environment for those they care for each day, contributing to the quality of long-term care. NC NOVA will help North Carolina have enough direct care workers to meet the need for quality care. WHY THE WORKPLACE IS IMPORTANT NC NOVA focuses on the workplace because so many of North Carolina's direct care workers don't stay in the job for very long. NC NOVA looks to improve the workplace and thus the quality of care by:
NC NOVA standards go above and beyond the state minimum requirements for a long-term care license.
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