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They call it “heartwork,” because “if you don’t do it from the heart, it makes it hard to do,” Terrell Cannon recently told a Philadelphia Inquirer columnist about the job of a direct-care worker. Cannon was featured in a recent column called “While helping others, investing in themselves,” which examines the work of Home Care [...]

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[Audio clip: view full post to listen] download podcast (mp3) Recorded: Monday, December 8, 2008 Duration: 06:01 File Size: 2887 KB In this podcast, PHI national policy director Steven Edelstein discusses how direct-care jobs are uniquely positioned to help repair and stabilize America’s faltering economy. Edelstein’s statements build on a PHI issue brief called Direct-Care [...]

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PHI has released an issue brief called Direct-Care Jobs & Long-Term Care: Untapped Engine for Job Creation & Economic Growth that outlines how direct-care jobs are uniquely positioned to help repair and stabilize America’s economy. Download the issue brief (pdf) View the press release Listen to the podcast The issue brief provides compelling facts and [...]

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This year the first Baby Boomers started receiving Social Security benefits. In 2011, they  will become eligible for Medicare — a system most believe will pay for their long-term care needs. This is false hope, says Bob Kerrey, a former Nebraska Senator and president of The New School in New York City, who recently wrote [...]

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Long-term care facilities in some parts of the country, seeing shrinking waiting lists and rising vacancy rates, are hiring real estate agents to assist prospective residents in selling their homes. The New York Times recently reported that the nation’s housing crisis is keeping thousands of older Americans from moving into retirement communities or assisted-living centers, [...]

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Japan is now where the US is heading in terms of a significant shortage of long-term care workers. A recent highly publicized elder crime spree in Japan provides a shocking example of what can happen when governments don’t pay enough attention to social infrastructure. Several news agencies, looking at Japanese government statistics released last month, have reported [...]

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