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  September 4, 2008
PHI EXPERT INTERVIEW: Marcia Mayfield 
Gathering the Evidence that Makes Progress Possible

This is the third in a series of PHI Expert Interviews
 
Marcia Mayfield, PHI's director of evaluation, helps PHI document its successes for policymakers, employers, funders, and anyone else who needs to know what works and what doesn't.
 
As she explains it, her evaluation team does three things...
 
Incorporating Home Health Aides into the Care Team
Home health agencies that want to improve staff retention and client outcomes will find some unexpected results and useful lessons learned in a new report from the US HHS/ASPE Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy. 
Webinar to Describe Best Practices in Retention
advancing excellence logoDirectors of nursing, human resource staff, and administrators of nursing homes can learn about how to reduce turnover at a free technical assistance webinar on September 25.

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AARP Polls Presidential Candidates on LTC Issues
AARP has published responses from Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain to a series of questions about long-term care, health care reform, and other issues affecting older Americans.

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Elise resizedElise Nakhnikian, Editor
enakhnikian@phinational.org
718-928-2070
 
Research assistance provided by Rob Callaghan.    
 
PHI works to improve the lives of people who need home and residential care-and the lives of the workers who provide that care. Our goal is to ensure caring, stable relationships between consumers and workers, so that both may live with dignity, respect, and independence.
 
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