Quality Care/Quality Jobs
News about the direct-care workforce |
 More States Pay Near Poverty-Level Wages to Personal Care Aides
A new PHI PolicyWorks analysis finds that 36 states are
paying personal and home care aides wages that are lower than 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Level. Read more... |
 High-Risk Pool Insurance Program to Begin Soon
The temporary insurance program is intended to help people who
have been unable to obtain health insurance due to pre-existing medical
conditions. Read more... |
 IN MEMORIAM: Robert N. Butler, M.D., 1927-2010
Robert N. Butler, M.D., the internationally renowned
"father of gerontology," died on Sunday at the age of 83. Read more... |
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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