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News about the direct-care workforce
  January 14, 2010
KC CourthouseCompanionship Exemption Doesn't Apply to Workers in Community-Based Settings, Court Confirms
Workers who care for people with Medicaid in community-based settings are eligible for minimum wage and overtime, according to federal law.

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nursing homeUnion-Management Partnership Benefits Nursing Home Consumers and Staff, Study Shows
A partnership between union and management aimed at facilitating "person-centered care" led to improvements for both nursing home consumers and staff.

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Peggy PowellNation's Training Demand Spurs New PHI Department
PHI has made changes in its executive and program leadership teams and created a Curriculum & Workforce Development Department.

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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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