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  May 7, 2009
Pioneer Network websiteCMS Guidelines Subject of Webinar for Providers

The Pioneer Network has announced a webinar series to help providers understand and prepare for the new CMS interpretive guidelines related to quality of life and environment.

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Nancy FoxINTERVIEW: Nancy Fox on Grand Scale Culture Change

With the title of Chief Life Enhancement Officer, it sounds as if Nancy Fox is moving mountains or at least handing out powerful remedies. She's actually doing a little of both.

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Carol RodatADAPT and SEIU Rally in D.C. for Home Care

Members of ADAPT and SEIU created a stir in the nation's capitol last week when they gathered to protest the Obama administration's perceived lack of support for the Community Choice Act (CCA).

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report coverAAHSA Releases Culture Change "Toolkit" for States

The American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AASHA) has a resource to help states "initiate or expand culture change efforts in nursing homes."

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Webinar: Effective Teaching Strategies for CNAs

The Advancing Excellence campaign is sponsoring an online webinar, Training Staff for Greater Impact: From Ho-Hum to Dynamic, Tuesday, May 12, 3:00 pm.

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Kathy GreenleeGreenlee Nominated for Asst. Secretary of Aging

On May 1 President Obama announced that he would nominate Kathy Greenlee for the position of Assistant Secretary of the Administration on Aging in Health and Human Services.

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Pennsylvania on US mapOp-Eds Urge Investment in PA Direct-Care Workforce

In Pennsylvania, op-eds draw attention to the direct-care workforce and the need for better jobs.

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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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