Quality Care/Quality Jobs
News about the direct-care workforce |
 A Quarter of DoL Training Grants Targeted to Long-Term Care
The Department of Labor (DoL) has awarded 55 employment and training
grants in health care and other high-growth sectors -- 14 of which are
for training for jobs in long-term care.
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 HHS Funds First-Ever Resource Center for LGBT Elders
The nonprofit organization SAGE has received a federal grant
to create the first national resource center on LGBT aging in the U.S.
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 New Federal Data Reflected in PHI's Revised Fact Sheets
Two PHI fact sheets on the direct-care workforce have been updated to reflect the most current federal data.
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 Family Caregivers' Health Impacts Employers' Costs, Study Finds
A new study finds that the health care costs of employees who provide
care to elderly relatives or friends are 8 percent higher than those of
employees who are not caregivers.
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Deane Beebe, Director of Public Education and Media Relations
dbeebe@phinational.org718.928.2033 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. |
