Quality Care/Quality Jobs
News about the direct-care workforce |
 National Health Reform: What's in It for the Direct-Care Workforce?
The passage of health reform may be the most significant -- and also the most
controversial and complex -- social legislation this country has passed
in decades. Read more and comment |
 Federal Statutory Definition of Direct-Care Workforce Incorporates New DOL Job Classifications
The recently passed federal health care reform legislation includes the
first-ever statutory definition of "direct-care worker." Read more and comment |
 Campaign Launched to Extend Labor Protections to Home Care Workers
PHI has launched a social
media campaign calling on Labor Secretary Hilda
Solis to end the exclusion of home care workers from minimum
wage and overtime protections. Read more and comment |
 IN MEMORIAM: Melanie Jones (1965-2010)
PHI mourns the loss of Melanie Jones, a certified
nursing assistant (CNA) who was a tireless advocate for direct-care
workers in North Carolina and beyond. Read more and comment |
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.
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