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	<description>PHI works to improve long-term care -- by improving the jobs of home health aides, certified nurse aides, &#38; personal care attendants.</description>
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		<title>CNA Training Programs in Nursing Homes on the Decline</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fewer nursing homes are offering training and certification programs for certified nursing assistants (CNAs), forcing aspiring CNAs to acquire outside training, often at their own expense, according to a report published by The Gerontologist.
In 2007, CNA training and certification programs were offered in just 24.4 percent of nursing homes containing 20 beds or more, the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/cna-training-programs-in-nursing-homes-on-the-decline/</link>
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		<title>Court Decision Is Victory for CA Home Care Workers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A federal appeals court in California ruled against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on March 3, invalidating past budget cuts that would substantially reduce wages for In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) direct-care workers.
Schwarzenegger&#8217;s 2009 and 2010 budgets contained cuts that would reduce the state&#8217;s contribution to the IHSS home care workers&#8217; hourly wage by $2 per hour &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Culture-Change Symposium Held in Western New York</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Western New York Alliance for Person-Centered Care (WNYAPCC) held a region-wide symposium on culture change and person-centered care on March 10.
&#8220;Home Is Where the Heart Is: Creating Home and a Life Worth Living for Elders who Live in Facilities,&#8221; an all-day conference, provided strategies for senior care providers to deliver person-centered care and to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/culture-change-symposium-held-in-western-new-york/</link>
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		<title>Home Care Workers&#8217; Struggle to Afford MA Health Premiums Spotlighted</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A cover story in the March 2010 issue of Workforce Management focuses on the effects of Massachusetts health reform on low-wage workers &#8212; particularly home health care workers.
The story confirms PHI&#8217;s findings that these workers are finding it difficult to afford employer-based coverage.
Passed in 2006, the Massachusetts health reform law requires all state residents to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/home-care-workers-struggle-to-afford-ma-health-premiums-spotlighted/</link>
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		<title>Federal Legislation Would Provide Critical Support to States</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As states struggle to balance budgets, Medicaid services are being targeted for severe cuts, and in some cases, elimination.
California, for example, has proposed ending its Adult Day Program, and for all practical purposes, eliminating its In-Home Supportive Services program. Proposed budget cuts in Virginia would reduce personal care assistants&#8217; pay by five percent, as well [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/federal-legislation-would-provide-critical-support-to-states/</link>
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		<title>Maryland Bill Aims to Exempt Home Care Workers from Unemployment Insurance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Legislation introduced into the Maryland State Senate proposes to exempt home care workers from collecting unemployment insurance, under certain criteria.
The bill, introduced on January 27, would prohibit home care workers from collecting unemployment insurance if the home care worker:

signs an agreement with a home care agency that states she/he is an independent contractor;
is not restricted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/maryland-bill-aims-to-exempt-home-care-workers-from-unemployment-insurance/</link>
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		<title>NY State Legislators Hear from Home Health Aides About Inadequate Wages</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Members of the Cooperative Home Care Associates&#8216; Policy Action Group (PAG) met with New York state legislators in Albany on February 23 and 24 to discuss the unfair treatment of home health aides.
Cooperative Home Care Associates (CHCA), an affiliate of PHI, is the largest worker-owned home care company in the country. Its PAG consists of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/ny-state-legislators-hear-from-home-health-aides-about-inadequate-wages/</link>
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		<title>PHI Testifies in Support of Older Americans Act Reauthorization</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Allison Lee, PHI&#8217;s federal policy and campaign manager, testified at the February 25 listening session on the reauthorization of the Older Americans Act.
She noted that the reauthorization is an opportunity to strengthen workforce policy in order to ensure a robust, well-trained workforce to support older Americans in the coming decades. 
The final listening session will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/phi-testifies-in-support-of-older-americans-act-reauthorization/</link>
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		<title>Obama Puts Forth Health Plan for Summit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In preparation for today&#8217;s bipartisan health care summit, President Obama posted his health care plan, which builds on the bill passed by the Senate with certain key improvements.
His proposal makes significant improvements in making health care more affordable for low-wage workers, seniors, and state government. In addition, he reiterated his support for the Community Living [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/president-obama-puts-forth-health-plan-in-preparation-for-summit/</link>
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		<title>Iowa Blizzards Don’t Stop Direct-Care Workers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Forty-five direct-care workers and their supporters participated in the Iowa Caregivers Association&#8217;s (ICA) annual Direct-Care Worker Day at the State Capitol.
Blizzard-like conditions the previous night made for hazardous travel conditions on the morning of February 15, 2010. Still, more than half of the 70 pre-registrants were able to attend and made the day a tremendous [...]]]></description>
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