Comments on: Poems by Direct Care Workers: Getting By http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/10/poems-by-direct-care-workers-getting-by/ What direct care worker advocates are thinking, saying and doing Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:00:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lisa Burck http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/10/poems-by-direct-care-workers-getting-by/comment-page-1/#comment-1944 Lisa Burck Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:18:03 +0000 http://blog.directcarealliance.org/?p=1884#comment-1944 David I have been a fan since I bought your book several years ago. I hope you shared some of it with your fellow institute participants. You have a gift for saying things in a way that will be remembered. Lisa Burck, President, National Alliance of Direct Support Professionals David I have been a fan since I bought your book several years ago. I hope you shared some of it with your fellow institute participants. You have a gift for saying things in a way that will be remembered.

Lisa Burck, President, National Alliance of Direct Support Professionals

]]> By: Leonila Vega http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/10/poems-by-direct-care-workers-getting-by/comment-page-1/#comment-1861 Leonila Vega Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:12:37 +0000 http://blog.directcarealliance.org/?p=1884#comment-1861 This poem is lovely and very beautifully portrays the hard labor that direct care can be and even when you try to get your CNA license how little it can change your pay and income status. It is a sad fact that many direct care workers end up with serious back injuries from all the hard labor of transferring and lifting etc. I love to read poems that are focused on real people, real lives and real experiences in a way that shines a compassionate light on their plight. Thank you David This poem is lovely and very beautifully portrays the hard labor that direct care can be and even when you try to get your CNA license how little it can change your pay and income status. It is a sad fact that many direct care workers end up with serious back injuries from all the hard labor of transferring and lifting etc. I love to read poems that are focused on real people, real lives and real experiences in a way that shines a compassionate light on their plight. Thank you David

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