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  April 16, 2009
A nursing home worker places a doll on a resident's bed.CMS Guidelines Call for Homelike Environments in Nursing Homes

On Friday, April 10, CMS issued its new interpretive guidelines for state surveyors.

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Henry ClaypoolHenry Claypool Named Director of HHS Office on Disability

On April 15, the Department of Health and Human Services named Henry Claypool as director of the HHS Office on Disability.

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Missouri Capitol BuildingMissouri Legislature Refuses to Fund Statewide Home Care Council

Missouri's Republican-led legislature is refusing to fund the creation of the Quality Home Care Council.

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Maine State HouseMaine Bill Seeks to Overhaul Long-Term Care System

Supporters say that workers would receive better pay and benefits if more state money went into home-based care.

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MassachusettsMassachusetts: House Budget Has Cuts to Home Care

The Massachusetts House released a budget proposal that "includes steep cuts in nearly every area," including serious cuts to home care.

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Sara JoffePHI's Culture Change Training Featured in Long Term Living

Long Term Living featured an article about the culture change efforts of Isabella Geriatric Center in New York City, a 705-bed skilled nursing facility located in two high-rise buildings in northern Manhattan.

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ArizonaArizona Budget Woes Cut into Home Care Programs

"Perhaps nowhere have the cuts been more disruptive than in Arizona, where more than 1,000 frail elderly people are struggling without home-care aides..."

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Aaron Toleos, Online Communications Director
atoleos@phinational.org
718-874-9035

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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