Health Care for Health Care Workers and PHI Pennsylvania invite direct-care workers and their allies in the area to a conference on October 3.

"The conference is a rare opportunity to develop leadership skills, become an effective advocate for change in long-term care settings, and discuss the issues confronting the long-term care system with your peers," says Tracy Lawless, Pennsylvania State Campaign Coordinator for PHI's Health Care for Health Care Workers campaign.

Empowering Our Future also gives organizations that support or employ direct-care workers a chance to reach them through exhibiting or advertising in the conference brochure.
  
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"There is now a consistent pattern of data showing that home care workers receiving benefits have a lower rate of attrition and, therefore, a higher rate of stability," says the latest report from the Los Angeles County In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program.

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On August 16, members of the Health Care for America Now (HCAN) Coalition met with Iowa Senator Tom Harkin, sharing their concerns and stories about uninsured Iowans. They also talked about the struggles faced by both direct-care workers and the people they serve as a result of inadequate or no insurance. 

 

That's me in the back row of the photo right behind the senator, along with other members of the coalition, as he signs HCAN's Which Side Are You On? pledge.

A new poll commissioned by Women's Voices Women Vote Action Fund found that unmarried women could be a key voting bloc in this election, and that they share key concerns with direct-care workers. But they're less likely to vote than their married counterparts.

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