Training information for personal care and home health aides from New York's central Home Care Registry, which is the state-approved repository for this workforce. The data is sourced from approved training programs and refreshed monthly. It includes details on training agencies, student counts, and geographic locations across New York State.
Use Cases
- Analyze geographic distribution of certified aides using Counties, Zip Code, and Region columns.
- Compare training program outcomes across agencies using Enrolled Student Count, Certified Student Count, and Withdrawn Student Count.
- Map training agency locations for service planning using Location (address), City, and County Name columns.
- Assess program approval status and types across the state using Operational Status and Certificate Type columns.
Strengths
- Data is refreshed on a monthly basis, suggesting regular updates.
- Contains multiple geographic identifiers (Counties, Zip Codes, NYS Senate Districts) for spatial analysis.
- Includes detailed training program metrics like student enrollment, certification, and withdrawal counts.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- health.data.ny.gov
- Collection Method
- Extracted from the Home Care Registry (HCR) application, a web-based registry of state-approved personal care and home health aides.
- Time Range
- Beginning 2009
- Freshness
- Last updated 2024-01-26 09:34:40; refreshed monthly.
- Geography
- New York State, with columns for Counties, Zip Codes, and Regions.