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document.write('<li  style="border-top: 1px #333 dotted; " class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://phinational.org/archives/new-york-times-publishes-phi-letter-calling-for-fair-treatment-of-home-care-workers/" title="PHI President Steven Dawson&#8217;s letter to the editor highlighting home care workers&#8217; low wages and lack of health coverage was published in today&#8217;s New York Times. Dawson calls on President Obama to immediately take the necessary steps to ..." target="_blank">New York Times Publishes PHI Letter Calling for Fair Treatment of Home Care Workers</a><br />');
document.write('PHI President Steven Dawson&#8217;s letter to the editor highlighting home care workers&#8217; low wages and lack of health coverage was published in today&#8217;s New York Times. Dawson calls on President Obama to immediately take the necessary steps to ensure that home care aides are covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act, and also to help the [...]</p>');
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document.write('<li  style="border-top: 1px #333 dotted; " class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://phinational.org/archives/times-advocates-to-end-home-care-aide-compensation-discrimination/" title="For the fourth time in three years, the New York Times published an editorial calling for overturning the 1975 federal labor regulation that exempts agency-employed home care workers from federal minimum wage and overtime protections that were enacted ove..." target="_blank">Times Advocates to End Home Care Aide Pay Discrimination</a><br />');
document.write('For the fourth time in three years, the New York Times published an editorial calling for overturning the 1975 federal labor regulation that exempts agency-employed home care workers from federal minimum wage and overtime protections that were enacted over 70 years ago. &#8220;Lilly and Evelyn&#8221; was named for Lilly Ledbetter, who was paid less than her [...]</p>');
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document.write('<li  style="border-top: 1px #333 dotted; " class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://phinational.org/archives/ca-court-halts-expanded-ihss-criminal-conviction-regulations/" title="An Alameda California Superior Court issued a temporary restraining order to stop the state&#8217;s department of social services from using new, broader requirements regarding criminal convictions and incarcerations that would disqualify individuals from..." target="_blank">CA Court Halts Expanded IHSS Criminal Conviction Regulations</a><br />');
document.write('An Alameda California Superior Court issued a temporary restraining order to stop the state&#8217;s department of social services from using new, broader requirements regarding criminal convictions and incarcerations that would disqualify individuals from working as In Home Supportive Services (IHSS) providers. A judge ruled on November 24 that the California Department of Social Services cannot declare [...]</p>');
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document.write('<li  style="border-top: 1px #333 dotted; " class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://phinational.org/archives/bill-would-train-public-housing-residents-to-be-home-care-aides/" title="A bill to increase job opportunities for public housing residents and to respond to the growing need for more direct-care workers was officially introduced by Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D, NY) on December 8. The &#8220;Together We Care Act of 2009&#8243; (H.R...." target="_blank">Bill to Train Public Housing Residents to Be Home Care Aides</a><br />');
document.write('A bill to increase job opportunities for public housing residents and to respond to the growing need for more direct-care workers was officially introduced by Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D, NY) on December 8. The &#8220;Together We Care Act of 2009&#8243; (H.R. 4224) establishes a three-year federal pilot training program to give public housing residents the opportunity [...]</p>');
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document.write('<li  style="border-top: 1px #333 dotted; " class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://phinational.org/archives/quality-care-partners-sold/" title="Quality Care Partners, a home care services organization based in Manchester, NH, is operating stronger than ever, after being purchased by New Hampshire Catholic Charities, a nonprofit social service agency. New Hampshire Catholic Charities is retaining ..." target="_blank">Quality Care Partners Sold</a><br />');
document.write('Quality Care Partners, a home care services organization based in Manchester, NH, is operating stronger than ever, after being purchased by New Hampshire Catholic Charities, a nonprofit social service agency. New Hampshire Catholic Charities is retaining the Quality Care Partners (QCP) name, along with its entire staff of personal care assistants, licensed nursing assistants, and registered [...]</p>');
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document.write('<li  style="border-top: 1px #333 dotted; " class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://phinational.org/archives/singapore-delegation-visits-phi/" title="A 15-member delegation of government officials from Singapore visited PHI on November 18.  Delegation members included the head of the Singapore Workforce Development Agency and representatives from the Ministry of Community Development, Youth, and Sports..." target="_blank">Singapore Delegation Visits PHI</a><br />');
document.write('A 15-member delegation of government officials from Singapore visited PHI on November 18.  Delegation members included the head of the Singapore Workforce Development Agency and representatives from the Ministry of Community Development, Youth, and Sports; the Ministry of Health; the Agency for Integrated Care; and the Centre for Enabled Living. The officials came to the U.S. [...]</p>');
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document.write('<li  style="border-top: 1px #333 dotted; " class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://phinational.org/archives/first-recommendations-for-caring-for-people-with-dementia-at-home/" title="\"These recommendations are an asset to the delivery of quality care, as they provide concrete advice and rationale for curricula and hands-on care for direct-care givers, as well as supervisory personnel,\" said Carol Rodat, PHI New York policy director ..." target="_blank">Recommendations Issued on Caring for People with Dementia at Home</a><br />');
document.write('\"These recommendations are an asset to the delivery of quality care, as they provide concrete advice and rationale for curricula and hands-on care for direct-care givers, as well as supervisory personnel,\" said Carol Rodat, PHI New York policy director and a member of the Alzheimer\'s Association\'s national advisory committee, which reviewed the recommendations.</p>');
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document.write('<li  style="border-top: 1px #333 dotted; " class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://phinational.org/archives/home-health-care-industry-drives-nyc-employment-growth/" title="Employment gains made in New York&#8217;s home health care industry were responsible for the recovery of the city&#8217;s overall health care jobs market between 2002 and 2008, according to an analysis published in the September 2009 issue of Monthly Labo..." target="_blank">Home Health Care Industry Drives NYC Employment Growth</a><br />');
document.write('Employment gains made in New York&#8217;s home health care industry were responsible for the recovery of the city&#8217;s overall health care jobs market between 2002 and 2008, according to an analysis published in the September 2009 issue of Monthly Labor Review. &#8220;Home health care was the real jobs machine in New York City&#8221; during that time [...]</p>');
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document.write('<li  style="border-top: 1px #333 dotted; " class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://phinational.org/archives/court-halts-californias-home-care-cuts/" title="A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction on October 19 to put a stop to California&#8217;s plan to notify 130,000 elderly clients and people with disabilities that their in-home supportive services would be reduced or eliminated entirely. The court..." target="_blank">Court Halts California?s Home Care Cuts</a><br />');
document.write('A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction on October 19 to put a stop to California&#8217;s plan to notify 130,000 elderly clients and people with disabilities that their in-home supportive services would be reduced or eliminated entirely. The court ordered the state&#8217;s Department of Social Services to instead send reassuring letters to the clients, letting them [...]</p>');
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document.write('<li  style="border-top: 1px #333 dotted; " class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://phinational.org/archives/victory-in-court-for-california-home-care-advocates/" title="A federal judge stopped the state from sending notices to 130,000 elderly and disabled Californians to inform them that their home care supportive services would be reduced &#8212; or eliminated entirely &#8212; on November 1. A temporary restraining orde..." target="_blank">California Home Care Cuts Put on Hold</a><br />');
document.write('A federal judge stopped the state from sending notices to 130,000 elderly and disabled Californians to inform them that their home care supportive services would be reduced &#8212; or eliminated entirely &#8212; on November 1. A temporary restraining order &#8212; granted the day before the letters were to be dropped in the mail &#8212; prohibits the [...]</p>');
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