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		<title>Judge Says Washington State Owes Caregivers $100 Million</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A superior court judge ruled on Dec. 2 that Washington State owes in-home caregivers nearly $100 million in back pay and interest.]]></description>
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		<title>An Interview with Suzanne Mintz</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Suzanne Mintz, the president and CEO of the National Family Caregivers Association, speaks to PHI about the relationship between family caregivers and direct-care workers.]]></description>
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		<title>November Is National Family Caregivers Month</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:06:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama has proclaimed November to be National Family Caregivers Month, a time to "pay tribute to the individuals throughout America who ensure the health and well-being of their relatives and loved ones."]]></description>
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		<title>Coalition Seeks Update to Pennsylvania&#8217;s Family Caregiving Act</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/coalition-seeks-update-to-pennsylvanias-family-caregiving-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Pennsylvania Senior Support Coalition called on lawmakers to amend the two-decade-old state law known as the Family Caregiver Support Act at a press conference on September 26.]]></description>
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		<title>Senator Highlights Direct-Care Workers&#8217; Commitment at OAA Hearing</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/senator-highlights-direct-care-workers-commitment-at-oaa-hearing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) paid tribute to direct-care workers during a May 26 hearing hosted by the Senate Aging Committee on the reauthorization of the Older Americans Act.]]></description>
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		<title>Kathryn Simpson: A Paid Family Caregiver&#8217;s Story</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/kathryn-simpson-a-paid-family-caregivers-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kathryn Simpson has been determined to keep her 24-year-old son Sam out of an institution since he was just 15 months old and suffered brain damage while undergoing surgery for a congenital medical condition.]]></description>
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		<title>National Family Caregivers Month</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama proclaimed November to be National Family Caregivers Month to "honor the millions of Americans who give endlessly of themselves to provide for the health and well-being of a beloved family member." ]]></description>
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		<title>Family Caregivers of Veterans Experience Higher Stress, Research Finds</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/family-caregivers-of-veterans-experience-higher-stress-research-finds/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/family-caregivers-of-veterans-experience-higher-stress-research-finds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 17:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a prelude to Veterans Day, the National Alliance for Caregiving released a new report on the results of their research on family caregivers of veterans at a briefing on Capitol Hill on November 10.]]></description>
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		<title>GUEST COMMENTARY: Home Care Jobs Are Being Overlooked</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/guest-commentary-home-care-jobs-are-being-overlooked/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/guest-commentary-home-care-jobs-are-being-overlooked/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Neil Johnson, executive director of the Minnesota HomeCare Association, writes about the need to invest in our home care workforce. As state decision-makers look for ways to create new jobs in a market with unrelenting unemployment, they may be overlooking ones that are hiding in plain sight. According to the Minnesota Department of Employment and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Family Caregivers&#8217; Health Impacts Employers&#8217; Costs, Study Finds</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/family-caregivers-higher-health-costs-impact-employers-study-finds/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/family-caregivers-higher-health-costs-impact-employers-study-finds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study finds that the health care costs of employees who provide care to elderly relatives or friends are 8 percent higher than those of employees who are not caregivers. Working family caregivers potentially cost U.S. employers an estimated $13.4 billion a year &#8212; or possibly more, if the employee provides care to a [...]]]></description>
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