http://phinational.org/archives/1199seiu-announces-campaign-to-address-home-care-fraud/ PHI works to improve long-term care -- by improving the jobs of home health aides, certified nurse aides, & personal care attendants. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:27:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://phinational.org/archives/1199seiu-announces-campaign-to-address-home-care-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-4145 Laura Partridge Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:49:21 +0000 http://phinational.org/?p=5642#comment-4145 Matt Perhaps you should also consider writing a post which outlines the SEIUs plan to assist the home health aides when they have concerns or questions out in the field (eg. "my patient hasn't eaten in 3 days or has not taken his medications" or perhaps "has a rash on his legs"). Is the SEIU going to send a nurse out or is the common answer going to be, "call the doctor" to which the taxpayers will have to eat the cost. The taxpayers also need to hear the flipside of this hypothesis. Common concerns arise in home health and home care which the aides can not handle or require the assistance of a skilled profession or a support system. Is the government (ie. taxpayer) going to "support" the support system? Abuse will also be a huge concern without someone watching (ie. supervising) the aides. Thanks for your consideration. Matt
Perhaps you should also consider writing a post which outlines the SEIUs plan to assist the home health aides when they have concerns or questions out in the field (eg. “my patient hasn’t eaten in 3 days or has not taken his medications” or perhaps “has a rash on his legs”). Is the SEIU going to send a nurse out or is the common answer going to be, “call the doctor” to which the taxpayers will have to eat the cost. The taxpayers also need to hear the flipside of this hypothesis. Common concerns arise in home health and home care which the aides can not handle or require the assistance of a skilled profession or a support system. Is the government (ie. taxpayer) going to “support” the support system? Abuse will also be a huge concern without someone watching (ie. supervising) the aides. Thanks for your consideration.

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