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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>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>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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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>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/iowa-to-develop-direct-care-worker-training-and-credentialing-model/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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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>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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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>
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		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/record-set-straight-on-direct-care-worker-skills/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 17:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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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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		<title>Iowa Launches &#8220;Come Care with Me&#8221; Program</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/iowa-launches-come-care-with-me-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 15:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Colleen Jolly, ICA Board of Directors “Raising public awareness of what’s close to our hearts is the overriding goal of Come Care with Me,” Tracy Lawless and Allison Lee of PHI told participants at an Iowa CareGivers Association (ICA) training workshop recently. The program invites legislators and other policymakers to experience firsthand what direct-care [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa Direct-Care Workers Benefit from Legislation</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/iowa-direct-care-workers-benefit-from-legislation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iowa legislators have passed five bills that will favorably impact direct-care workers. The Iowa Caregivers Association (ICA) was active through every step of the legislative process, working with legislative leaders and staff, government agencies, and other advocacy groups, as well as organizing a day at the capitol to ensure that the needs of Iowa&#8217;s direct-care [...]]]></description>
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