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PRESS RELEASE: PHI Website Hosts First State-by-State Data Center on the Direct-Care Workforce — September 7, 2011

The PHI State Data Center is the first web-based tool to provide comprehensive profiles of each state’s direct-care workforce — the largest and fastest-growing workforce in the nation.

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PRESS RELEASE: Investing in Direct-Care Jobs Improves Outcomes at Long-Term Care Organizations — June 28, 2011

A new PHI publication series documents innovations that improve quality of care and jobs.

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PRESS RELEASE: Home Care Workers Deserve Minimum Wage and Overtime Protections — June 16, 2011

For Immediate Release June 16, 2011 Contacts: Carol Regan, PHI Government Affairs Director 202-223-8355 cregan@phinational.org Home Care Workers Deserve Minimum Wage and Overtime Protections Direct Care Job Quality Improvement Act Calls for Fair Treatment of Vital Workforce Washington, D.C. — With the fourth anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Long Island Care at Home [...]

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PRESS RELEASE: Matching Service Registries Hold Promise for People Seeking Home Care Aides, Study Finds — April 21, 2011

The registries could help states meet CLASS Plan’s workforce infrastructure requirements.

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PRESS RELEASE: Lack of Health Coverage for Home Care Aides Raises Concerns for Future of Eldercare, March 30, 2011

Home care aides employed by agencies are more likely to be uninsured than direct-care workers who work in other eldercare and disability employment settings, a new PHI analysis finds.

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PRESS RELEASE: Nearly Half of Nation’s Fastest-Growing Workforce Earns Near-Poverty Wages and Depends on Public Benefits, March 2, 2011

The poor quality of direct-care workers’ jobs presents major challenges for meeting demands of an aging America.

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