The U.S. cannot build the home care workforce it needs to care for the aging baby-boomer generation unless home care workers are paid fairly, argues an op-ed published in the Orlando Sentinel on April 27.
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OP-ED: Fair Wages Necessary to Build Home Care Workforce
Posted on 02 May 2012.
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New Re-Hospitalization Prevention Project to Employ Home Health Aides
Posted on 26 April 2012.
Certified home health aides will play an integral role in efforts to prevent re-hospitalizations when a new project at the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey is launched.
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Time Hails PHI Ally as One of the World’s Most Influential People
Posted on 26 April 2012.
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
Posted on 26 April 2012.
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
Posted on 26 April 2012.
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
Posted on 25 April 2012.
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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