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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>Gas Prices &amp; Transportation Webinar</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHI has been covering the effects of rising gas prices on direct-care workers since early this summer. Now, as our nation&#8217;s economic crisis grows more severe, the challenge to these low-wage workers has intensified. The National Direct Service Workforce Resource Center held a webinar earlier this week called &#8220;Gas Price Increases &#038; Other Transportation Challenges [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elders Vulnerable as Caregivers’ Real Wages Fall</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Download Release as PDF PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Elders Vulnerable as Caregivers’ Real Wages Fall Gas prices depressing workers’ already low wages to near minimum wage Bronx, NY, August 11, 2008— Contradicting the law of supply and demand, America’s personal and home care aides are seeing their real wages (adjusted for inflation) decline as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High Gas Prices Cost Elders in Lost Services</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A July 6 feature in the New York Times details ways that high gas prices are making it difficult for elders nationwide to access Meals on Wheels, home care, and other social services. As Gas Prices Soar, Elderly Face Cuts in Aid is brimming with sobering facts, figures, and quotes &#8211; like one from home [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Out of Gas?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everywhere I go, people are talking about how the high price of gas is affecting home care workers and agencies. Organizations are contacting me and my colleagues for ideas on how to deal with it, so I&#8217;d be very interested to hear from people in other parts of the country. How are employers and workers [...]]]></description>
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