Quality Care/Quality Jobs
News about the direct-care workforce |
 150 National Organizations Rally for Health Care Reform
While the House was passing a bill to repeal health care reform, PHI and other advocates representing 150 national organizations gathered elsewhere on Capitol Hill to voice ardent support for the Affordable Care Act. Read more... |
 Nursing Homes Unprepared to Care for Younger Residents with Mental Illness
The number of Ohio's nursing home residents age 60 and below has grown significantly as young people with mental illness have increasingly been placed in this setting. Read more... |
 Regulatory Intervention Impacts Resident-Centered Care, Study Finds
A study released by The Commonwealth Fund in December examines the impact of a regulatory initiative developed by the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDH) to promote resident-centered care in the state's nursing homes.
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 New from PHI's National Clearinghouse
The newest additions to PHI's National Clearinghouse on the Direct Care Workforce. Read more... |
 Column on Home Health Aides Published in Huffington Post
The Huffington Post has published a column about home health aides written by Marki Flannery, president of the New York-based home care agency Partners in Care.
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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.
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