Last week, PHI submitted — and asked you to submit — the following question to the Oct 7 “town hall” presidential debate:

By 2016, we will need a million more direct-care workers to care for our elders. But direct-care jobs pay poverty wages and have massive rates of turnover. How will you ensure that America has a workforce that is prepared to care for its aging population?

Thank you to everyone that followed through with this request. Unfortunately, the question was not asked.

Keeping the Pressure On

This week, PHI is encouraging readers to submit the question directly to the presidential candidates through their websites at BarackObama.com and JohnMcCain.com.

Please copy and submit our question from above or formulate your own. If you need ideas for the latter, I recommend taking a look at the following PHI resources:

• National Policy Agenda: Quality Assurance (pdf)
• National Policy Agenda: Training & Support (pdf)
• National Policy Agenda: Wages & Benefits (pdf)

The final presidential debate is scheduled for Wednesday, October 15, at Hofstra University. The host will be Bob Schieffer.

Aaron Toleos, Online Communications Director
atoleos@phinational.org