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	<title>News and Opinions « Direct Care Alliance &#187; John Booker</title>
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		<title>The Color of Care</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 20:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Booker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After hearing about Brenda Chaney’s case, I began to reflect on my experiences as an African American direct care worker over the past 30 years.  I am reminded of those tough days when I have had to resort to some of my social survival instincts or racial coping skills in order to provide the highest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Difference a Year Can Make: The evolving work of the Direct Care Alliance</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Booker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attending the American Society on Aging (ASA) and the National Council on Aging’s joint “Aging in America” conference this past week in Chicago reminded me why the Direct Care Alliance is so important to every direct care worker in this country. It was also clear to me and so many others that the Direct Care [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letting Her Go: How direct care work prepared me to care for my wife</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/02/a-cna-calls-on-every-skill-he-has-learned-to-care-for-his-own-wife/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Booker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[skills and attributes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[elder care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home care]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We direct care workers are a very important and powerful group of individuals. At times, we actually hold the very power of life and death in our hands. Especially if we are CPR-certified or have some advanced training, we can perform interventions that make a profound, life-sustaining difference in a matter of moments. And those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Trip to DC with the DCA: A CNA&#8217;s Report</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 00:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Booker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Indiana]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was raining in Washington, D.C on April 29, 2009. I was soaked from my head to my toe, but I was enjoying it all. Not because I liked being wet, but because my colleagues and I were preparing for our fourth appointment of the day with members of the Senate. I was happy because the water [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indiana Direct Care Workers Find Conference Theme: Our Brothers&#8217; Keepers</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/05/our-brothers-keepers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 15:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Booker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why do we direct care workers care about staffing and the future of our workforce? There are so many issues involved in developing a qualified and professional long term care workforce that the fundamentals of why we are needed can sometimes get lost. So as we at the National Association for Direct Care Workers of [...]]]></description>
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