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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>Sen. Harkin Expresses National Need for a Strong Direct-Care Workforce</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 21:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) introduced a "sense of the Senate" resolution on May 10 expressing the need for a comprehensive approach to expanding and supporting a strong direct-care workforce.]]></description>
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		<title>REPORT: Washington State Faces Home Care Worker Shortage</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington State will need an additional 440,000 home care workers between now and 2030 to meet the rising demand for home care, the report finds.]]></description>
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		<title>Hearing Held on Bill to Establish a Massachusetts Direct-Care Workforce Task Force</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts lawmakers heard testimony on November 15 on a bill to establish a task force to ensure that there is an adequate direct-care workforce to meet the rising demand for long-term services and supports.]]></description>
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		<title>PHI in the News</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In recent weeks, numerous media outlets -- from daily newspapers to trade publications -- have reported on issues relevant to the direct-care workforce.]]></description>
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		<title>An Interview with Robyn Stone</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robyn Stone, senior vice president for research at LeadingAge and the author of a new book on long-term care, shares her thoughts with PHI on the direct-care workforce.]]></description>
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		<title>EWA and ASA Host Capitol Hill Briefing on Eldercare Workforce</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eldercare experts presented their research on the challenges we face as an aging nation -- and the opportunities for Congress to avert an eldercare workforce shortage crisis -- during a May 25 Capitol Hill luncheon briefing.]]></description>
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		<title>Proposed Medicaid Cuts Jeopardize Workforce Growth, Reports Families USA</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 16:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A May 2011 report by Families USA says that the proposed federal cuts to Medicaid would put the health of older adults and people living with disabilities at risk and exacerbate the direct-care workforce shortage.]]></description>
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		<title>ACA Provisions Designed to Strengthen Direct-Care Workforce, Report Highlights</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Affordable Care Act contains numerous provisions that will help the U.S. meet the rising demand for eldercare-focused health care workers, according to a brief by the Alliance for Health Reform.]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa Direct-Care Worker Survey Shows Low Wages, Few Benefits</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/iowa-direct-care-worker-survey-shows-low-wages-few-benefits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iowa's direct-care workforce is among the lowest-paid employment groups in the state, according to a survey published by the Iowa CareGivers Association.]]></description>
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		<title>PHI Letter to New York Times Editor Says U.S., Like Germany, Faces Direct-Care Worker Shortage</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 20:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times published a letter to the editor by PHI President Steven Dawson on February 11, regarding the article "As Germany Booms, It Faces a Shortage of Workers."]]></description>
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