Quality Care/Quality Jobs
News about the direct-care workforce |
 Obama Signs Extended Medicaid Increase into Law
By extending the Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (FMAP) increase through the end of 2011, the federal government will distribute an additional $16.1 billion in Medicaid funding to states. Read more... |
 Health Reform Will Benefit Women, Analysis Shows
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will improve the health
care of nearly 30 million women in the U.S., according to an issue brief
published by The Commonwealth Fund. Read more... |
 Social Workers Can Help Improve Direct-Care Jobs
The National Center for Gerontological Social Work Education devoted its August newsletter to the role that social workers can play
in improving the working conditions of direct-care workers, and by doing
so, improving the care for older adults. Read more... |
 Pennsylvania Direct Care Workers Association to Hold Conference
The sixth annual conference, entitled the "The Sky's the Limit: Communication = Teamwork," will be held on September 16 in Phoenixville, PA. 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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