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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>Exploring &#8220;Homey&#8221; Alternatives to Institutional Living</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/exploring-homey-alternatives-to-institutional-living/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:33:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pioneer Network, a national organization leading the movement for radical change in the culture of long-term care, is launching the Small House Online Networking Initiative to bring together key stakeholders to explore the idea of community-based “small houses” for older adults. With the support of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the new initiative aims to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Incorporating Home Health Aides into the Care Team</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/incorporating-home-health-aides-into-the-care-team/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The final report&#8217;s executive summary A research brief outlining the study&#8217;s findings (pdf) The implementation manual (pdf) Home health agencies that want to improve staff retention and client outcomes will find some unexpected results and useful lessons in a report recently posted to the US HHS/ASPE Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy website. Home [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AARP Polls Presidential Candidates on LTC Issues</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/aarp-polls-presidential-candidates-on-ltc-issues/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/aarp-polls-presidential-candidates-on-ltc-issues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AARP has published responses from Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain to a series of questions about long-term care, health care reform, and other issues affecting older Americans. The three discussed in the long-term care section are: Increasing consumer choice and control for people needing long-term care; Improving standards and incentives for quality care; and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VIDEO: ANCOR Announces Video Winners, National DSP Recognition Week</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/video-ancor-announces-video-winners-national-dsp-recognition-week/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/video-ancor-announces-video-winners-national-dsp-recognition-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[direct support professionals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[wpyt-post]veHT-I543eY[/wpyt-post] ANCOR continues its advocacy work for direct support professionals (DSPs) with two announcements this month: It has selected the winners of its 2008 DSP TV Online video contest, and it has won the unanimous support of the U.S. Senate for its National Direct Support Professionals Week. The six DSP TV Online winners &#8212; all both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study Shows Link Between Health Care and Retention</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/la-study-shows-link-between-health-care-and-retention/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/la-study-shows-link-between-health-care-and-retention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;There is now a consistent pattern of data showing that homecare workers receiving benefits have a lower rate of attrition and, therefore, a higher rate of stability,&#8221; says the latest report from the Los Angeles County In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program. Impact of Health Benefits on Retention of Homecare Workers: Analysis of the IHSS Health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Booklet Helps Consumers Share Vital Health Stats with Caregivers</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/booklet-helps-consumers-share-vital-health-stats-with-caregivers/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/booklet-helps-consumers-share-vital-health-stats-with-caregivers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether you call it person-centered, person-directed, or just plain quality care, the goal is the same for everyone receiving or regulating long-term care services as it is for all conscientious care providers: Everyone wants care to be tailored to individual preferences and needs. Yet that common-sense goal can be surprisingly hard to achieve in our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rising Gas Prices Expose Home Care Fault Line</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/rising-gas-prices-expose-home-care-fault-line/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/rising-gas-prices-expose-home-care-fault-line/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PHI Blog]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Iowa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[personal care attendants]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vermont]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are rising gas prices making it harder for you to deliver or receive care? Add your comments at the end of this post.  We all feel the pinch from high gas prices, but for home care workers it&#8217;s more of a punch. As PHI President Steven Dawson puts it: “The doubling of gas prices over the past few years has been like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senators Learn About Person-Centered Care and the DCW-Resident Link</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/dcw-and-others-inform-senators-about-person-centered-care/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/dcw-and-others-inform-senators-about-person-centered-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I can honestly say that I love being a Shahbaz, and so do my fellow Shahbazim,&#8221; Edna Hess told the senators at a July 23 U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing. Hess worked for years as a CNA at the Lebanon Valley Brethren Home in Palmyra, Pennsylvania, becoming a Shahbaz (the Green House® name [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wisconsin Legislators Learn About Direct-Care Workers</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/wisconsin-legislators-learn-about-direct-care-workers-at-listening-session/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/wisconsin-legislators-learn-about-direct-care-workers-at-listening-session/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent “listening session” on the direct-care workforce for Wisconsin legislators demonstrated the power — and the limitations — of capturing lawmakers’ attention with personal testimonials. Family members attested to the importance of paid caregivers, employers discussed the increasing difficulty of recruiting enough workers, and direct-care workers talked about the difficulty of surviving on their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alice Hedt, Consumer Advocate: High Standards, Kind Heart</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/alice-hedt-consumer-advocate-high-standards-and-kind-heart-make-for-winning-combination/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/alice-hedt-consumer-advocate-high-standards-and-kind-heart-make-for-winning-combination/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PHI Blog]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A profile of Alice Hedt in one of the leading magazines for long-term care providers praises her ability to work well with providers without compromising her standards. That rare talent, says the article, has won the nursing home consumer advocate praise from &#8220;an industry she frequently seems to tweak.&#8221; The article ran in the July issue of McKnight&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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