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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>Sen. Harkin Expresses National Need for a Strong Direct-Care Workforce</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 21:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) introduced a "sense of the Senate" resolution on May 10 expressing the need for a comprehensive approach to expanding and supporting a strong direct-care workforce.]]></description>
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		<title>First Round of Health Care Innovation Awards Announced</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 18:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services distributed nearly $123 million in Health Care Innovation Award funding to 26 projects on May 8.]]></description>
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		<title>REPORT: Facility Care Costs Grow, Home Care Costs Remain Stable</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nursing home and assisted living facility care costs continued to grow while home care costs remained flat in 2011, according to Genworth Financial's 2012 edition of its annual Cost of Care Survey.]]></description>
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		<title>OSHA Seeks to Avert Illness and Injury in Nursing and Residential Care Facilities</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On April 5, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration released a National Emphasis Program in an effort to reduce illnesses and injuries in long-term care settings.]]></description>
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		<title>WEBINAR: Managed Long-Term Services and Supports</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/webinar-managed-long-term-services-and-supports/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The next webinar in the Friday Morning Collaborative Webinar Series will focus on "Managed Long-Term Services and Supports" and take place on April 13 at 2 p.m. EST.]]></description>
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		<title>Registration Still Open for Forum on Home Care Workers&#8217; Role in Care Coordination</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/registration-still-open-for-forum-on-home-care-workers-role-in-care-coordination/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There's still time to register for the forum, to be held in Washington, DC, on March 1.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama, Gingrich Respond to Long-Term Care Survey</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/obama-gingrich-respond-to-long-term-care-survey/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/obama-gingrich-respond-to-long-term-care-survey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Only two out of the five major contenders for president in the 2012 election responded to a brief long-term care survey disseminated by the National Council on Aging.]]></description>
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		<title>House Votes to Repeal CLASS Act</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/house-votes-to-repeal-class-act/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/house-votes-to-repeal-class-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. House of Representatives voted last week to repeal the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act, a voluntary, federal long-term care insurance program established by the Affordable Care Act.]]></description>
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		<title>House Committee Votes to Repeal CLASS</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/house-committee-votes-to-repeal-class/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/house-committee-votes-to-repeal-class/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On January 18, the House Committee on Ways &#038; Means voted 23-13 to repeal the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program.]]></description>
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		<title>Study Examines Direct-Care Worker Empowerment in Green House Facilities</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/study-examines-direct-care-worker-empowerment-in-green-house-facilities/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/study-examines-direct-care-worker-empowerment-in-green-house-facilities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A study published in Seniors Housing &#038; Care Journal examines the relationship between The Green House model of long-term care and the empowerment of the direct-care workers who provide that care.]]></description>
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