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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>Iowa Senate Endorses Direct-Care Worker Professionalization with Budget Bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A budget bill passed by the Iowa Senate last week would support training standards and career paths for the state's direct-care workforce.]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa Direct-Care Workers May Require License</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Direct-care workers in Iowa will be required to obtain a license to be a caregiver if a bill making its way through the state legislature becomes law.]]></description>
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		<title>In Brief</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three brief stories on direct care: CMS proposes guidelines for State Balancing Incentive Payments Program; direct-care worker groups in AZ and FL to hold annual meetings; Des Moines Register editorializes for quality caregiver jobs.]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa State Senator Participates in &#8220;Come Care with Me&#8221; Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iowa State Senator Jeff Danielson (D) experienced firsthand the daily routine of a direct-care worker when he participated in a recent "Come Care with Me" event.]]></description>
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		<title>In Brief</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 18:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Iowa direct-care worker speaks at a health reform conference; a medical journal issues a call for CNAs to contribute first-person accounts of their care experiences.]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa Direct-Care Worker Survey Shows Low Wages, Few Benefits</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iowa's direct-care workforce is among the lowest-paid employment groups in the state, according to a survey published by the Iowa CareGivers Association.]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa to Develop Direct-Care Worker Training and Credentialing Model</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Iowa Department of Public Health was awarded a $2.2 million Personal and Home Care Aide State Training Program (PHCAST) demonstration grant to develop and pilot a training and credentialing model for direct-care workers.]]></description>
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		<title>Survey Shows Iowa Direct-Care Workforce Still Lacks Adequate Wages and Benefits</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 19:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iowa's direct-care workers still lack adequate wages and benefits, according to an Iowa CareGivers Association survey that is set to be released in the coming days.]]></description>
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		<title>Football Coach Scores for Direct-Care Workers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 21:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iowa State University Football Coach Paul Rhoads stars in a public service announcement (PSA) asking viewers to join him in giving thanks "today and every day" for the "valuable and demanding work" that direct-care workers do.]]></description>
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		<title>Record Set Straight on Direct-Care Workers&#8217; Skills</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/record-set-straight-on-direct-care-worker-skills/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 17:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A guest column in the <em>Des Moines Register</em> by John Hale, a public policy consultant for the Iowa Caregivers Association, debunks the myth that home health care aides and other direct-care workers are low-skilled workers.]]></description>
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