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		<title>Demonizing Caregivers No Way to Reduce Elder Abuse, says DCA Issue Brief</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“The personal, often intimate nature of caregiving relationships can make it difficult to define, detect, and deter the abuse of elders and people with disabilities by the caregivers they rely on. Nonetheless, there are a number of steps that employers and policymakers can take to support good care and prevent abuse,” says No Excuse for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>By Our Sides: The Vital Work of Immigrant Direct Care Workers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Evelyn Coke was a Jamaican immigrant and an American hero. For more than twenty years, she cared for sick, elderly and dying people in their homes. She worked tirelessly, without overtime pay or health insurance coverage, while fighting to overturn regulations that exclude home care workers from basic labor protections. Her lawsuit went all the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Closer Look at the Companionship Exemption: Responding to fair labor opponents</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/12/a-closer-look-at-the-companionship-exemption-responding-to-fair-labor-opponents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lot has been said about the companionship exemption over the years, and the recently introduced Direct Care Workforce Empowerment Act has brought the minimum wage and overtime protection issue to the front of the dialogue again.  But as we work together to advocate for this legislative fix to the Fair Labor Standards Act, let’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Best and Worst State Practices in Medicaid Long-Term Care</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week we’re happy to present the newest Direct Care Alliance Policy Brief, courtesy of Candace Howes of Connecticut College.  This brief, &#8220;The Best and Worst State Practices in Medicaid Long-Term Care&#8220;, explains why Medicaid poli­cies lead to so much variation in current state Medicaid long-term care programs. We also explore how those policies have [...]]]></description>
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