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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>Respecting Diversity Is Essential for Long-Term Care Organizations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 19:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An article in the May/June issue of LeadingAge Magazine highlights the challenges and rewards involved with managing ethnic and religious diversity in long-term care organizations.]]></description>
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		<title>Experts Discuss Improving Training and Employment for Direct-Care Workers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 19:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Aspen Institute Workforce Strategies Initiative convened an expert discussion on the challenges that direct-care workers face and strategies that workforce development leaders can use to improve their job quality.]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa Senate Endorses Direct-Care Worker Professionalization with Budget Bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A budget bill passed by the Iowa Senate last week would support training standards and career paths for the state's direct-care workforce.]]></description>
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		<title>WEBINAR: Core Competencies for the Direct Service Workforce</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Direct Service Workforce Resource Center is sponsoring a webinar entitled "Core Competencies for the Direct Service Workforce" on April 23 at 3:00 p.m. EST.]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa Direct-Care Workers May Require License</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/iowa-direct-care-workers-may-require-license/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Direct-care workers in Iowa will be required to obtain a license to be a caregiver if a bill making its way through the state legislature becomes law.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Releases 2013 Budget Proposal</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/obama-releases-2013-budget-proposal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On February 13, President Obama released his budget, which outlines significant new health care investments, some changes in Medicare and Medicaid, and investments in jobs programs.]]></description>
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		<title>Massachusetts Bill Would Require Dementia Training for Nursing Home Aides and Supervisors</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/massachusetts-bill-would-require-dementia-training-for-nursing-home-aides-and-supervisors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If passed, the law would apply to all licensed nursing homes in the state regardless of whether the facility markets itself as having specialized dementia-care units.]]></description>
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		<title>REPORT: Latinos Comprise Large Percentage of the Direct-Care Workforce</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/report-latinos-comprise-large-percentage-of-the-direct-care-workforce/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Council of La Raza's February Latino Employment Report focuses on Latinos in the direct-care workforce and calls for extending basic minimum wage and overtime protections to home care workers.]]></description>
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		<title>Culture Change at Country&#8217;s Largest Home Health Agency Profiled</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/culture-change-at-countrys-largest-home-health-agency-profiled/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new joint publication of PHI and the Pioneer Network details how Partners in Care, the country's largest home health agency, changed its culture, increased staff morale, and lowered turnover.]]></description>
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		<title>Senator Casey Introduces Bill to Boost Role of Direct-Care Workers</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/senator-casey-introduces-bill-to-boost-role-of-direct-care-workers/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/senator-casey-introduces-bill-to-boost-role-of-direct-care-workers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The bill would establish demonstration projects focusing on care coordination and service delivery redesign for older adults with chronic illnesses, or those at risk of institutional placement.]]></description>
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