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  December 9, 2009
VelazquezBill to Train Public Housing Residents to Be Home Care Aides
A bill to increase job opportunities for public housing residents and to respond to the growing need for more direct-care workers was introduced on December 8.

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GreenleeCulture Change Symposium to Feature Assistant Secretary of Aging
Assistant Secretary of Aging Kathy Greenlee will deliver the keynote address at a symposium on culture change taking place next February.

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CA flagCA Budget Cuts Imperil Direct-Care Consumers and Workers
Drastic budget cuts in California will severely weaken essential long-term care programs there, according to a UCLA report.

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Vermont CaregiversVermont Now Honoring Direct-Care Workers

Vermont's "Healthy Aging Awards" have been expanded to include a new category: "Caregiver Champion."

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Deane Beebe, Director of Public Education and Media Relations
dbeebe@phinational.org
718.928.2033

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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