Quality Care/Quality Jobs
News about the direct-care workforce |
 Home Care Occupational Safety Subject of Conference
During the May 19 conference, three researchers presented their findings on the many serious health risks that home care aides and nurses face while on the job.
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 Campaign Launched to Improve Direct-Care Worker Image, Boost Job Applicants
The Kenosha County (Wis.) Long-Term Care Workforce Alliance has a new look and interactive website to complement its recently launched social marketing campaign "When Caring Is a Career."
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 Media Outlets Report on Direct-Care Workers' Lack of Insurance
In recent weeks, numerous media outlets have taken note of the fact that many direct-care workers -- who provide the majority of paid hands-on care to elders and people with disabilities -- lack health coverage themselves. Read more... |
 PHI Fact Sheet Series Promotes Importance of Medicaid
In light of proposals by Congressional Republicans to slash Medicaid funding, PHI is publishing a series of fact sheets outlining the crucial role Medicaid plays in the lives of direct-care workers and the families they care for. |
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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