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		<title>PHI Releases New Analysis on the Direct-Care Workforce</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 20:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new PHI analysis of the direct-care workforce shows that the wages and benefits for these frontline health care workers continue to be woefully inadequate.]]></description>
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		<title>Report Identifies Effective Retention Programs and Resources</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/report-identifies-effective-retention-programs-and-resources/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than two dozen proven examples of direct-care worker retention strategies are outlined in a January report from the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA). The report (pdf) explains that the poor quality of many direct-care jobs leads directly to high turnover &#8212; which can in turn degrade the quality of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Evelyn Coke, Home Care Aide Who Fought Pay Rule, Dead at 74</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/evelyn-coke-home-care-aide-who-fought-pay-rule-dead-at-74/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:54:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Evelyn Coke, the New York home care attendant responsible for a 2007 US Supreme Court case challenging the exclusion of home care workers from minimum wage and overtime protections, has died at age 74, according to an article in the New York Times. The Times writes: Year in and year out, Evelyn Coke left her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Reform Debate Includes Talk of DCWs</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/health-reform-debate-includes-talk-of-dcws/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carol Regan, PHI Government Relations Director, is pleased to see America&#8217;s direct-care workforce garnering attention in the health reform debate. &#8220;We wholeheartedly agree that training, better wages, and more opportunities are essential,&#8221; she says, highlighting the recent attention given to these issues by Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI) and others. &#8220;We also hope that  now, when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California to Cut $226 Million From Home Care</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/california-to-cut-226-million-from-home-care/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[California&#8217;s ongoing budget disaster edged nearer to some sort of resolution last week as state lawmakers approved a proposal to close the $25.3 billion gap through a package of 29 pieces of legislation.  The bills included spending cuts, revenue solutions, borrowing, and fund shifts. The state&#8217;s In-Home Supportive Services program (IHSS), long recognized as one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AAHSA Launches House Party Campaign to Promote LTC Reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA) has kicked off a new advocacy campaign that encourages people to host house parties to bring attention to the need for long-term care reform. AAHSA says its “Party With a Purpose” campaign is intended to foster community gatherings around the nation that will range [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York Times Calls for Fair Pay for Caregivers</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/new-york-times-calls-for-fair-pay-for-caregivers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hthier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A July 9 New York Times editorial calls for home care aides to receive minimum wage and overtime protections under the Fair Labor Standards Act. As the Times notes, in 2007, the Supreme Court upheld a 1975 labor regulation that defined home care aides as “companions,” but that regulation can be reversed anytime by Secretary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge Blocks Home Care Wage Cuts in CA</title>
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		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/judge-blocks-home-care-wage-cuts-in-ca/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In response to a lawsuit filed by SEIU, a federal judge has blocked the State of California from reducing the wages of home care workers by up to $2.00 per hour. U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken issued an injunction on June 25 to halt the wage cuts, ordering the state to continue paying workers for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senators Urge Extension of FLSA to Home Care</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/senators-urge-extension-of-flsa-to-home-care/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/senators-urge-extension-of-flsa-to-home-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fifteen U.S. Democratic senators have sent a letter to Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Hilda Solis urging the extension of federal wage and hour laws to cover the nation’s estimated 1.5 million home health-care workers. Background Domestic workers were excluded from the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) that was enacted in 1938 to ensure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa DCWs to Benefit from Nursing Home Tax</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/iowa-dcws-to-benefit-from-nursing-home-tax/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/iowa-dcws-to-benefit-from-nursing-home-tax/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On May 26, after months of debate among state lawmakers, Iowa Gov. Chet Culver signed into law a bill that will impose a quality assurance fee on all for-profit and nonprofit nursing homes in order to leverage matching federal money. The state’s direct-care workers are among those who are expected to benefit. PHI reported in [...]]]></description>
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