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Time Hails PHI Ally as One of the World’s Most Influential People

Ai-jen Poo, the director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, was selected as one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine.

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Benefits of Consistent Assignment Featured in New Video

MPRO, Michigan’s Quality Improvement Organization, has produced a video on the benefits of the consistent assignment staffing model that more nursing homes are using to schedule their staff.

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Illinois Nursing Home Stakeholders Speak Out Against Proposed Medicaid Cuts

Illinois Nursing Home Stakeholders Speak Out Against Proposed Medicaid Cuts

Consumers, workers, and other stakeholders in the Illinois nursing home industry are voicing their opposition to a proposed 18 percent cut to the state Medicaid program.

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UPDATE: Collective Bargaining for PCAs Approved in Connecticut House Bill

UPDATE: Collective Bargaining for PCAs Approved in Connecticut House Bill

The Connecticut House approved a bill on April 20 that would give collective bargaining rights to a newly formed union of personal care attendants (PCAs).

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REPORT: Majority of Medi-Cal Paid Caregivers at Economic Risk

REPORT: Majority of Medi-Cal Paid Caregivers at Economic Risk

More than half of family caregivers in California who are paid by Medi-Cal to assist low-income elders and people with disabilities have incomes below or near the federal poverty level.

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REPORT: Facility Care Costs Grow, Home Care Costs Remain Stable

REPORT: Facility Care Costs Grow, Home Care Costs Remain Stable

Nursing home and assisted living facility care costs continued to grow while home care costs remained flat in 2011, according to Genworth Financial’s 2012 edition of its annual Cost of Care Survey.

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