Quality Care/Quality Jobs
News about the direct-care workforce |
 "Companionship Exemption" Hinders Home Care Industry, NELP Reports
In a recent report, the National Employment Law Project calls for the US Department of Labor to revise the federal regulation that exempts home care workers from basic federal minimum wage and overtime protections.
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 Community Living Initiative Finds Adequacy of Direct-Care Workforce Is Unanimous Concern
All of the participants at the 2010 meetings agreed that there were not enough qualified people to provide care to older adults and people with disabilities in the community. Read more... |
 Florida Budget Cuts Will Harm Direct-Care Workers
Florida direct-care workers and nursing home residents will feel the effects of the dramatic budget cuts passed by the state legislature late last week.
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 In Brief
Three brief notes on direct care:
- CNN reports on older caregivers
- Obama declares National Women's Health Week
- NAELA issues a call for Medicaid-related stories
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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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