Quality Care/Quality Jobs
News about the direct-care workforce |
 HHS Launches Website to Help Consumers Obtain Insurance
Americans in need of health insurance have a new online resource to help
guide them through their options, courtesy of the Department of Health
and Human Services. Read more... |
 Oregon Budget Cuts Put Home Care on the Chopping Block
Governor Ted Kulongoski has made across-the-board budget cuts
that will affect home care services for thousands of elders and people
living with disabilities. Read more... |
 Older Americans Act Turns 45
HHS Assistant Secretary on Aging Kathy Greenlee released a statement on
July 14 to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the Older Americans Act,
which Congress is expected to consider for reauthorization in 2011. Read more... |
 Small Businesses Can Reap Health Reform Benefits
A new PHI fact sheet outlines several ways that small businesses can
receive government aid to help them take advantage of opportunities created by national health reform. 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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