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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>House Committee Votes to Repeal CLASS</title>
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		<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>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
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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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		<title>HHS Announces Funding Opportunity for Health Care Innovations</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/hhs-announces-funding-opportunity-for-health-care-innovations/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/hhs-announces-funding-opportunity-for-health-care-innovations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Health Care Innovation Challenge, which will provide up to $1 billion in grants to "test creative ways to deliver high-quality health care services and lower costs," was launched by HHS on November 14.]]></description>
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		<title>PHI Workshop Provided Tools to Improve Person-Directed Services</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/phi-workshop-covered-tools-for-improving-person-directed-services/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/phi-workshop-covered-tools-for-improving-person-directed-services/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHI Midwest Director Hollis Turnham conducted a workshop about how to improve the odds for the successful use of person-directed services at the 36th Consumer Voice Annual Conference &#038; Meeting.]]></description>
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		<title>Average Home Health Aide Pay Rates Remain Unchanged</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/average-home-health-aide-pay-rates-remain-unchanged/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The average private-pay rates for home health aides remained $21 for the third straight year, even as the overall cost of long-term care continues to rise in the U.S.]]></description>
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		<title>CLASS Act Avoids Repeal</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/class-act-avoids-repeal/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/class-act-avoids-repeal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The CLASS program dodged another potentially fatal blow last week when a Republican-led repeal attempt was defeated in the Senate.]]></description>
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		<title>Washington State Ballot Measure Passes</title>
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		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/washington-state-ballot-measure-passes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On November 8, voters in Washington State overwhelmingly passed a ballot initiative that strengthens training requirements for most newly hired long-term care workers there.]]></description>
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		<title>PHI Training and Organizational Development News</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/phi-training-and-organizational-development-news/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/phi-training-and-organizational-development-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[dementia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest edition of Training and Organization Development News includes articles on managing a long-term care organization in tough economic times and helping people with dementia cope with changes to their physical environments.]]></description>
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		<title>Ad Calls for Action on At-Risk Medicaid Long-Term Care</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/ad-calls-for-action-on-at-risk-medicaid-long-term-care/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/ad-calls-for-action-on-at-risk-medicaid-long-term-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nearly 200 national organizations, including PHI, ran a newspaper ad in key Congressional districts urging readers to urge their Congress members not to cut Medicaid-funded long-term services.]]></description>
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		<title>PHI Adds Massachusetts Pages to Website</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/phi-adds-massachusetts-pages-to-website/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/phi-adds-massachusetts-pages-to-website/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHI Massachusetts, a new section of the PHI PolicyWorks website, will provide news, facts, and other resources about the state's direct-care workforce.]]></description>
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