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	<title>PHInational.org &#187; Oregon</title>
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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>Negotiations Between Oregon and Home Care Workers Stall Over Health Care</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contract negotiations between Oregon and the union representing home care workers there have stalled over a state proposal to substantially raise the eligibility requirements for aides to receive health insurance.]]></description>
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		<title>Oregon Budget Cuts Put Home Care on the Chopping Block</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski has made across-the-board budget cuts that will affect home care services for thousands of elders and people living with disabilities.]]></description>
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		<title>Oregon Makes Health Reform Gains Despite Budget Troubles</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite a budget crisis, Oregon made significant  strides this year in reforming health care. Legislators passed two major reform bills and renewed funding for Oregon Project Independence, a state-run home-care program. House Bill 2009 (pdf) will simplify and streamline state health functions and implement reforms to promote electronic health records, create a registry for end-of-life [...]]]></description>
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		<title>States Use Stimulus Funds to Help Direct-Care Workers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As states struggle to balance their budgets in the face of a deep recession, there has been little good news for long-term care. At least three states, however &#8212; North Dakota, Montana, and Oregon &#8212; are using funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to stabilize and enhance their direct-care workforces. North Dakota [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oregon to Create Nursing Home Jobs with Stimulus Funds</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[State leaders in Oregon have announced that they will be combining their state’s tax revenue with federal stimulus funds to create hundreds of new nursing home jobs. The Associated Press reported (“Federal aid will create nursing home jobs,” March 28) that lawmakers are talking about using a combination of state and federal dollars to help [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Civil Rights Lawsuit Calls for Higher Pay for Oregon Home Care Workers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When direct-care workers and their clients can&#8217;t get the support they need through government agencies, they can always try the courts. That&#8217;s what Oregon resident Clay Freeman is doing in a federal civil-rights lawsuit, which would require the state to increase the base pay for some home care aides in the Oregon Home Care Commission (OHCC). [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joanne Rader: &#8220;It&#8217;s the Direct-Care Worker, Stupid&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;My passion for working with people with dementia, for making life better for them, has been my major motivating factor. But over time, I keep saying to myself: ‘It&#8217;s the direct-care worker, stupid,&#8217;&#8221; says Joanne Rader. &#8220;The only way to make the lives of people with dementia better is to improve the working lives of [...]]]></description>
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