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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>Cuts to Medicaid Programs Avoided Due to ADA Compliance Issues</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/cuts-to-medicaid-programs-avoided-due-to-ada-compliance-issues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Separate court proceedings in California and Louisiana last week upheld the right of elders and people with disabilities to receive care in their homes under the Americans with Disabilities Act.]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Appeals Court Decision Could Prevent California IHSS Cuts</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/u-s-appeals-court-decision-could-prevent-california-ihss-cuts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A December ruling by the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals could prevent massive cuts to California’s In-Home Supportive Services program.]]></description>
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		<title>PHI President Steven Dawson Addresses Business Owners&#8217; Concerns About the DOL&#8217;s Proposed Rule on the Companionship Exemption</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHI President Steven Dawson responds to concerns voiced by owners of home care agencies following the DOL's proposal to give federal minimum wage and overtime protections to home care workers.]]></description>
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		<title>Home Care Consumer Bill of Rights Proposed by Senator Franken</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:07:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the support of three of his colleagues from the Senate HELP Committee, Senator Al Franken (D-MN) introduced the Home Care Consumer Bill of Rights Act on October 20.]]></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>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/coalition-seeks-update-to-pennsylvanias-family-caregiving-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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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>First Local Care Congress Held in San Francisco</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/first-local-care-congress-held-in-san-francisco/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Caring Across Generations, a campaign to transform long-term care in the U.S., held its first local "Care Congress" in San Francisco last Saturday.]]></description>
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		<title>In Brief</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/in-brief-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three brief stories on direct care: Consumer Voice launches home care survey; new book on home care workers released; person-centered care initiative grows in Western New York.]]></description>
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		<title>South Carolina Will Require Licensing of Home Care Agencies</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/south-carolina-will-require-licensing-of-home-care-agencies/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/south-carolina-will-require-licensing-of-home-care-agencies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new law in South Carolina will require agencies that provide nonmedical in-home care services to obtain licenses.]]></description>
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		<title>PHI President Recommends Expanded Scope of Practice for Home Health Aides</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/phi-president-recommends-expanded-scope-of-practice-for-home-health-aides/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/phi-president-recommends-expanded-scope-of-practice-for-home-health-aides/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHI President Steven Dawson argues that both a flagging economy and efforts to move toward new models of care provide the opportunity for the health care industry to redefine the role of the home health aide.]]></description>
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		<title>Tennesseans Sue State Over Home Care Cuts</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/tennesseans-sue-state-over-home-care-cuts/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/tennesseans-sue-state-over-home-care-cuts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several dozen Tennesseans with disabilities sued the state's Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities for eliminating funding for critical home care and personal assistance services.]]></description>
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