About the Contributor: Tracy Dudzinski
Tracy Dudzinski has been a certified nursing assistant since 1997. She started her career in a nursing home and worked there for seven years in various positions: on the floor on all three shifts, in the kitchen as a cook, and in the office as assistant to the administrator. She then moved into home health care, working as a home health aide. She is president of the board of directors of Cooperative Care, a worker-own home health care provider in Wautoma, Wisconsin. She is also vice chair of the Wisconsin Direct Caregivers Alliance and a member of the DCA’s board of directors.
Recent Contributions
- Telling My Story to All Who Will Listen: Wisconsinites take DC (June 28th, 2010)
- Why is One of the Most In-Demand Jobs So Low Paid? (April 5th, 2010)
- Don’t Let Them Forget Why Direct Care Workers Need Health Care Reform (January 14th, 2010)
- Opportunities for Advocates in Wisconsin (January 7th, 2010)
- What Direct Care Work Has Taught Me: Death Is a Part of Life (October 27th, 2009)
- My Voices Institute Experience in a Word: INCREDIBLE (October 13th, 2009)
- Here I Grow Again: Democracy in Action (September 23rd, 2009)
- Stand Up and Be Heard: My Meeting with the U.S. Department of Labor (August 5th, 2009)
- What Direct Care Work Has Taught Me: Everyone Loves a Baby (June 29th, 2009)
- Direct Care Workers Organize Statewide Conference in Wisconsin (May 1st, 2009)
Recent Comments
- rhena whilby-argoe: Mark keep up the good work.
- Jean O. Clemens: My daughter has worked in direct care of a mentally challenged austistic girl in a group...
- Lynne Wichmann: Jeanne and Lori, my “Sistahs”! Thank you for your comments and thank you...
- lori raymond: I just want to say thank you for your article. I have been a direct support worker for over...
- Jeanne: Great info – it is so unfair the way direct care workers are treated – much like child...
Categories
- Advocacy (99)
- DCA initiatives (132)
- DCW associations/coalitions (64)
- Direct care consumers (71)
- Direct care workers (263)
- as leaders (115)
- awards and recognition (20)
- career advancement (34)
- events (16)
- job creation (4)
- on-the-job injuries (8)
- poems by DCWs (9)
- respect (56)
- skills and attributes (54)
- training and education (81)
- turnover (32)
- wages and benefits (127)
- workloads (21)
- Featured News (148)
- Government (119)
- legislation and regulation (87)
- public policy (59)
- States (129)
- Alabama (3)
- Alaska (2)
- Arizona (5)
- Arkansas (4)
- California (6)
- Colorado (2)
- Connecticut (3)
- Delaware (7)
- Florida (5)
- Georgia (2)
- Hawaii (2)
- Idaho (2)
- Illinois (3)
- Indiana (9)
- Iowa (20)
- Kansas (2)
- Kentucky (2)
- Louisiana (3)
- Maine (23)
- Maryland (5)
- Massachusetts (5)
- Michigan (2)
- Minnesota (11)
- Mississippi (3)
- Missouri (3)
- Montana (3)
- Nebraska (2)
- Nevada (2)
- New Hampshire (3)
- New Jersey (3)
- New Mexico (8)
- New York (8)
- North Carolina (3)
- North Dakota (2)
- Ohio (2)
- Oklahoma (3)
- Oregon (2)
- Pennsylvania (22)
- Rhode Island (2)
- South Carolina (2)
- South Dakota (3)
- Tennessee (2)
- Texas (8)
- Utah (2)
- Vermont (5)
- Virginia (5)
- Washington state (3)
- Washington, D.C. (15)
- West Virginia (2)
- Wisconsin (17)
- Wyoming (2)
- Uncategorized (3)
- Videos (12)
- Women and work (8)
Contributors
- Aaron Pickering
- Alex Chuang
- Alice Li
- Becka Livesay
- Bob Stevens
- Brenda Nachtway
- Bridget Siljander
- Cathy Wolff
- Claire Curry
- Connie Kreider
- Cristin Russell
- David Moreau
- David Ward
- Dennis Fitzgibbons
- Don Krutsinger
- Elise Nakhnikian
- Helen Hanson
- Jane Lipscomb
- Jenn Craigue
- John Booker
- Judy Clinco
- Kelli Davidson
- Kim Stoneking
- Leonila Vega
- Linda Lee
- Linda Longsine
- Lindsay Short
- Lolita Lledo
- Lynne Wichmann
- Mark Cerna
- Mike Harrison
- Muhannah Kakish
- Pat Downing
- Paul Tripoli
- Rachael Musial
- Ray Erickson
- Renee Tillman
- Roy Gedat
- Sarah Wells
- Shannon Gilbert
- Ted Rippy
- Terry Lynch
- Thais Abernethy
- Timothy Doe
- Tracy Dudzinski
- Vera Salter
- Vicki Erickson
- Victoria Johnson
Blogroll
- Care Work Live
- Economist Nancy Folbre’s Care Talk
- Frontline Focus
- K. Tree, CNA
- LERA Commons
- Local 771, Maine Direct Care Workers' Union of MSEA-SEIU
- Network 54 message board
- NNCNA Message Board
- Nursing Assistant Central message board
- Nursing Assistants Resources on the Web blog
- The Black Factor
- The NADSP blog
- Who Will Care.net
Archives
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- February 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- August 2007


