Quality Care/Quality Jobs
News about the direct-care workforce |
 Webinar and Home Care Provider Explain Health Care Reform's Effect on Small Businesses
The webinar, sponsored by Small Business Majority, and Linda Bettinazzi, the CEO of the Visiting Nurse Association of Indiana County, explain how the Affordable Care Act will affect small business owners. Read more... |
 New Federal Funding for Home- and Community-Based Services Announced
Approximately $4.3 billion in federal funds have been made available to help states establish and expand home- and community-based long-term services and supports for older adults and people with disabilities.
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 Nursing Home and Home Care Workers Would Be Impacted if Wisconsin Bill Passes
Wisconsin public employees and their supporters are demonstrating in Madison to protest a bill that would require public workers to pay more for health coverage and pensions -- and eliminate most of their collective bargaining rights.
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 Iowa Direct-Care Worker Survey Shows Low Wages, Few Benefits
Iowa's direct-care workforce is among the lowest-paid employment groups in the state, according to a survey published by the Iowa CareGivers Association. 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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