Posted on 05 August 2008. Tags: consumer preference, home care workers, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Pennsylvania, personal care attendants, public policy, retention, Vermont, wages & benefits
Are rising gas prices making it harder for you to deliver or receive care? Add your comments at the end of this post. We all feel the pinch from high gas prices, but for home care workers it’s more of a punch. As PHI President Steven Dawson puts it: “The doubling of gas prices over the past few years has been like [...]
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Posted on 04 August 2008. Tags: public policy, staffing levels
The nursing home regulatory system sets unrealistically high standards of care because “there has been no analysis of the resources – and particularly the labor resources – necessary to achieve these standards,” said John Schnelle (pictured) of Vanderbilt University at a July 11 Capitol Hill briefing on long-term care reform. “Some studies suggest that twice [...]
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