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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>Coming Soon: National Nursing Assistants Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Network of Career Nursing Assistants (NNCNA) has announced that the 33rd Annual National Nursing Assistants Week will take place from June 10-17. The week kicks off with National Career Nursing Assistants Day on June 10. &#8220;Safe Lifting&#8221; Is Theme The focus of this year&#8217;s nursing assistant recognition week is &#8220;Safe Lifting&#8221; with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Residents Attack: How Caregivers Perceive Violence</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a recent Swedish study, violence against caregivers is often underreported in nursing homes because the caregivers accept attacks as excusable and an unavoidable part of the job. At the same time, violent acts may sometimes be overreported. The problem is that &#8220;violence is in the eye of the beholder,&#8221; making it hard for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Podcast: Uninsured Workers and America&#8217;s Most Dangerous Job</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Listen to the podcast at the HCHCW website  &#8220;This workforce is uninsured at a rate of twice the general population,&#8221; says Carol Regan, director of the PHI Health Care for Health Care Workers campaign, of direct-care workers in long-term care services. &#8220;Yet they&#8217;re much more likely to be injured or sick on the job. They have the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking the Cycle of Violence in Long-Term Care</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nursing homes not only can but must change the way they operate, becoming better places to live and work. Only then will they be able to reduce the epidemic of violence that currently plagues them, according to an article in the Journal of Gerontological Nursing, Vol. 34 No. 3. CNAs often experience &#8220;harassment, threats, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consumer-Directed Workers Need Help with On-the-Job Injuries</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 17:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of the direct-care workers who provide consumer-directed care in California cannot access workers&#8217; compensation assistance when they are injured on the job, according to a recent study. And that finding has &#8220;important implications for workers&#8217; health and the sustainability of consumer-directed programs-within and beyond California,&#8221; according to authors Teresa Scherzer and Nicole Wolfe of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Day in the Life of a Home Care Aide</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 15:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The client looks forward to this. This makes their life a little more easy. Not easy just physically, but mentally and spiritually also,&#8221; says Chicago home care worker Muriel Jones in an online slide show of a typical day in her work life. &#8220;You being there kind of uplifts them, because they know somebody is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bathing with Even Less of a Battle?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bathing without a Battle, the groundbreaking approach to delivering individualized care for people with dementia, is now in its second edition. In addition to the original materials, the new book substantially updates the section on special concerns, including pain, skin care, transfers, the environment, and determining the appropriate level of assistance. Elise Nakhnikian is PHI’s [...]]]></description>
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