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	<title>PHInational.org &#187; home care workers</title>
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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>Articles Focus on Home Care Workers&#8217; Wages, Job Quality</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 21:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The job quality and wages of home care workers are the focus of recently published articles in LeadingAge Magazine and BrainTrack.]]></description>
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		<title>STATE NEWS UPDATES: Missouri, Minnesota, Alabama</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 14:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Missouri home care workers were legally cleared to unionize, PCAs in Minnesota have been temporarily spared wage cuts, and Alabama's governor is pushing for more Medicaid funding.]]></description>
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		<title>OP-ED: Fair Wages Necessary to Build Home Care Workforce</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 21:24:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. cannot build the home care workforce it needs to care for the aging baby-boomer generation unless home care workers are paid fairly, argues an op-ed published in the Orlando Sentinel on April 27.]]></description>
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		<title>Time Hails PHI Ally as One of the World&#8217;s Most Influential People</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ai-jen Poo, the director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, was selected as one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine.]]></description>
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		<title>Washington Post Publishes Op-Ed Calling for Fair Pay for Home Care Workers</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/washington-post-publishes-op-ed-calling-for-fair-pay-for-home-care-workers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The op-ed, written by PHI President Steven L. Dawson and economist Dean Baker, argues that the exemption of home care workers from federal wage protections is an "issue that affects the welfare of women."]]></description>
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		<title>PODCAST: PHI&#8217;s Edelstein Interviewed on Ohio Radio</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steve Edelstein, PHI national policy director, discusses the background and current status of efforts to extend federal minimum wage and overtime protections to home care workers on the America's Work Force radio program in Ohio.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Companionship Exemption&#8221; Comment Period Wraps Up Following House Committee Hearing</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/companionship-exemption-comment-period-wraps-up-following-house-committee-hearing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nearly 10,000 comments on whether home care workers should be extended basic federal minimum wage and overtime protections were registered on the official government website.]]></description>
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		<title>New from PHI&#8217;s National Clearinghouse</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/new-from-phis-national-clearinghouse-14/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 22:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The newest additions to the PHI National Clearinghouse on the Direct Care Workforce focus on home care wages, mental illness training for CNAs, and state assisted-living regulations.]]></description>
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		<title>New Roles for Home Care Aides Considered at DC Forum</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/new-roles-for-home-care-aides-considered-at-dc-forum/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/new-roles-for-home-care-aides-considered-at-dc-forum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 23:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Home care stakeholders, Capitol Hill staff, and government officials convened in Washington, DC on March 1 to take a fresh look at the expanded roles that home care workers could play to improve care and lower health care costs.]]></description>
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		<title>PODCAST: Steve Edelstein on the Companionship Exemption</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/podcast-steve-edelstein-on-the-companionship-exemption/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 21:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steve Edelstein, PHI national policy director, discusses efforts to extend minimum wage and overtime protections to home care workers and the expected benefits to continuity and quality of care.]]></description>
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