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		<title>New from the PHI Clearinghouse</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out the newest additions to PHI&#8217;s National Clearinghouse on the Direct Care Workforce: Increasing staff retention &#8211; A fact sheet from the Advancing Excellence in America&#8217;s Nursing Homes campaign. The interplay of CNAs’ views of residents and nursing home environments &#8211; Identifies CNAs&#8217; perspectives of nursing home residents and how these perspectives translate into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tools for Quality Workforce Released by BJBC</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/practical-tools-for-quality-workforce-released-by-bjbc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The July issue of The Gerontologist featured the results of the Better Jobs Better Care initiative, the four-year $15.5 million research and demonstration project that was the largest initiative in the nation ever created to address the high vacancy and turnover rates of direct-care workers by improving the quality of direct-care jobs. The Institute for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PHI&#8217;s Health Care for Health Care Workers Campaign Hosts PA Conference</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/phis-health-care-for-health-care-workers-campaign-hosts-pa-conference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Details and registration information PHI&#8217;s Health Care for Health Care Workers (HCHCW) campaign invites direct-care workers and their allies in Pennsylvania to a conference on October 3. Conference registration is open through September 19. Exhibitor registrations will be accepted through September 12 or until exhibit space is sold out. Empowering Our Future will bring together [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Incorporating Home Health Aides into the Care Team</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/incorporating-home-health-aides-into-the-care-team/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The final report&#8217;s executive summary A research brief outlining the study&#8217;s findings (pdf) The implementation manual (pdf) Home health agencies that want to improve staff retention and client outcomes will find some unexpected results and useful lessons in a report recently posted to the US HHS/ASPE Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy website. Home [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Webinar to Describe Best Practices in Retention</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/webinar-to-describe-best-practices-in-retention/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:04:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[culture change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Directors of nursing, human resource staff, and administrators of nursing homes can learn about how to reduce turnover at a free technical assistance webinar on September 25. Experts including long-term care consultants Barbara Frank and David Farrell, Marguerite McLaughlin of Quality Partners of Rhode Island, and more will discuss the variables affecting recruitment and retention [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PHI Expert: Marcia Mayfield</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/phi-expert-interview-marcia-mayfield/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:24:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gathering the Evidence that Makes Progress Possible This is the third in a series of PHI Expert Interviews, which bring you insights from four senior PHI staff. They&#8217;re an impressive group &#8211; among the nation&#8217;s leading experts on long-term care&#8217;s direct-care workforce &#8211; and collectively they&#8217;ve spent decades studying the challenges facing the workforce and how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PHI Expert: Peggy Powell</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/phi-expert-interview-peggy-powell/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/phi-expert-interview-peggy-powell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tapping the Power of Peer Mentoring This is the second in a series of PHI Expert Interviews, which bring you insights from four senior PHI staff. They&#8217;re an impressive group &#8211; among the nation&#8217;s leading experts on long-term care&#8217;s direct-care workforce &#8211; and collectively they&#8217;ve spent decades studying the challenges facing the workforce and how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VIDEO: ANCOR Announces Video Winners, National DSP Recognition Week</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/video-ancor-announces-video-winners-national-dsp-recognition-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[wpyt-post]veHT-I543eY[/wpyt-post] ANCOR continues its advocacy work for direct support professionals (DSPs) with two announcements this month: It has selected the winners of its 2008 DSP TV Online video contest, and it has won the unanimous support of the U.S. Senate for its National Direct Support Professionals Week. The six DSP TV Online winners &#8212; all both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa Issues Detailed Blueprint for Establishing DCW Credentialing System</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/iowa-issues-detailed-blueprint-for-establishing-dcw-credentialing-system/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/iowa-issues-detailed-blueprint-for-establishing-dcw-credentialing-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recommendations for Establishing a Credentialing System for Iowa&#8217;s Direct Care Workforce, (pdf) a recent publication from the Iowa Direct Care Worker Task Force, is a useful tool for advocates in any state who want to create &#8220;an accessible, comprehensible, flexible, quality system of education and training for all direct care workers.&#8221; The report documents work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Booklet Helps Consumers Share Vital Health Stats with Caregivers</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/booklet-helps-consumers-share-vital-health-stats-with-caregivers/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/booklet-helps-consumers-share-vital-health-stats-with-caregivers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether you call it person-centered, person-directed, or just plain quality care, the goal is the same for everyone receiving or regulating long-term care services as it is for all conscientious care providers: Everyone wants care to be tailored to individual preferences and needs. Yet that common-sense goal can be surprisingly hard to achieve in our [...]]]></description>
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