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		<title>Florida Care Giver of the Year, Direct Care Workers to Help Expand FPACG</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/12/fpacg-hosts-convention-works-on-outreach-strategies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy Gedat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Florida Professional Association of Care Givers&#8217; 15th Annual Convention was held recently in Winter Haven, Florida.  More than 40 direct care workers and allies attended, and learned about direct care workforce issues, advocacy and substantive issues such as manual lymph drainage, which was well received and a lot more fun than the title suggests. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa State Football Coach Thanks Direct Care Workers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iowa State University football coach, Paul Rhoads, pays tribute to direct care workers in a new public service announcement for the Iowa Caregivers Association.]]></description>
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		<title>Maine&#8217;s Campaign for Better Care</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/05/maines-campaign-for-better-care/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 14:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy Gedat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maine&#8217;s state-based Campaign for Better Care kicked off last week in Augusta with the DCA-Maine Chapter as one of its partners. Maine is one of six states sponsoring a campaign focused on more effectively involving consumers in treatment and care choices. The multi-year initiative focuses on improving health care quality, coordination and communication for vulnerable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NCCNHR Conference Attendees Learn about Direct Care Workforce, DCA</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/11/nccnhr-conference-attendees-learn-about-direct-care-workforce-dca/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/11/nccnhr-conference-attendees-learn-about-direct-care-workforce-dca/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy Gedat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The DCA was front and center at “Quality Care, No Matter Where,” the 34th annual conference of NCCNHR – The National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care. In my last week as the DCA’s national advocacy director last month, I presented a workshop titled Improving the Direct Care Workforce: A Job for Consumers and Workers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pioneer Conference is &#8220;Perfect Fit&#8221; for DCA</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/09/pioneer-conference-is-perfect-fit-for-dca/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/09/pioneer-conference-is-perfect-fit-for-dca/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy Gedat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s always a treat to meet the long-term care providers, advocates and other pioneers at the Pioneer Network’s annual conferences, who “get it” about the need to put the “home” back in “nursing home” – and the importance of direct care workers. So I was glad to be invited to host a session at their 9th national [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advocacy Work Pays off with Maine Grant to Cover Uninsured Direct Care Workers</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/09/government-grant-will-help-maine-cover-uninsured-direct-care-workers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:23:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy Gedat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hear what Roy and Mila Kofman, Superintendent of the Maine Bureau of Insurance, have to say about extending health care coverage to more direct care workers in Maine   Just before the Labor Day holiday, Maine’s direct care workers got some excellent news: Our state is receiving a federal grant that will provide health insurance for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the Road With Roy &#8212; An Update from the DCA’s National Advocacy Director</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/07/on-the-road-with-roy/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/07/on-the-road-with-roy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:09:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy Gedat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Across the country, direct care workers are speaking up and being heard by policy makers, long term care consumers, and employers. In my work with the DCA, I’ve traveled far and wide and been fortunate enough to be part of a national movement of direct care workers who are finding their voices, standing up and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ask your Representative to Support a Pay Raise for Direct Support Professionals</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/06/ask-your-representative-to-support-a-pay-raise-for-direct-support-professionals/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/06/ask-your-representative-to-support-a-pay-raise-for-direct-support-professionals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please visit our Legislation Action Center and ask your representative to support H.R. 868. It will only take a minute or two of your time. The DCA’s board of directors has endorsed the Direct Support Professionals Fairness and Security Act of 2009. The bill, also known as H.R. 868, (PDF) offers cash-strapped states a way to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Direct Support Professional Takes Top Job at Voices Institute</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/06/direct-support-professional-takes-top-job-at-the-dcas-voices-institute/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/06/direct-support-professional-takes-top-job-at-the-dcas-voices-institute/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy Gedat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want something done, they say, give it to someone who&#8217;s already busy. And if you want someone to run a leadership program for direct care workers, who better than a busy direct care worker? The Direct Care Alliance got the right person for the job this week when direct support professional Bridget Siljander [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Decision Time for the National Direct Care Partnership</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/04/decision-time-for-the-national-direct-care-partnership/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/04/decision-time-for-the-national-direct-care-partnership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:23:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy Gedat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join us! The DCA’s National Direct Care Partnership is about to agree on the first set of federal bills and policy solutions that we will endorse. The Partnership is a coalition of organizations and individuals who recognize the urgent need to improve long-term care by improving direct care jobs. Since we started late last year [...]]]></description>
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