Quality Care/Quality Jobs
News about the direct-care workforce |
 An Interview with Robyn Stone
Robyn Stone, senior vice president for research at LeadingAge and the author of a new book on long-term care, shares her thoughts with PHI on the direct-care workforce.
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 Many States Report Declining Wages for Personal Care Aides
A new PHI PolicyWorks analysis of wage trends for personal care aides finds disturbing evidence that the already low wages earned by these aides are eroding in the midst of these difficult economic times. Read more... |
 South Carolina Will Require Licensing of Home Care Agencies
A new law in South Carolina will require agencies that provide nonmedical in-home care services to obtain licenses.
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 Researchers Recommend Government Wage Subsidies to Reduce Turnover
A new study published in the Journal of Disability Policy Studies examines the consequences of high worker turnover on the cost of long-term care and whether government wage subsidies to reduce turnover would be cost-effective. 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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