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In last week’s reader poll we asked which presidential candidate would best prepare America to care for its aging population. So far, 81 percent of readers have chosen Barack Obama. Although neither candidate has provided a detailed plan for dealing with this crisis, Obama has at least acknowledged the significance of direct care work by [...]

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JavaScript needs to be enabled for polling to work.<br /> <a href=”http://www.constantcontact.com/survey/index.jsp?cc=ViraWidPOL”>Online Surveys</a> by Constant Contact.<br /> One hour into the final presidential debate last night, Barack Obama answered a question about the country’s health care crisis, remarking that the issue “will break your heart over and over again.” The candidates took this final debate [...]

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Advocates for quality direct-care jobs don’t usually find their issues on the ballot, but voters in the state of Washington are being asked to weigh in this year. The Olympian reports that Initiative 1029—which calls for increased training of workers who provide long-term medical care—is one of the more surprising issues on the Nov. 4 [...]

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On October 6, a story by the Philadelphia Inquirer examined the challenges faced by Karen Goroncy (pictured left), a 51-year-old home health aide in Pennsylvania without health coverage. The next day, Garrison Keillor (pictured below), best known for his radio show “A Prairie Home Companion” and his stories of Lake Wobegon, referenced Goroncy’s situation in [...]

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When a Google alert landed me at a long-term care blog I had never seen before, I was pleased to see that PHI’s 12 Steps for Creating a Culture of Retention (pdf) was featured on the homepage. We sent an email to Basic American Comfort and heard back from Eric Raymond, a representative of GF [...]

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After his body went unclaimed for more than a week, workers at Mount Carmel Nursing Home in Manchester, New Hampshire recently gave an 89-year-old man a full military funeral. Watch the video at WMUR

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