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	<title>News and Opinions « Direct Care Alliance &#187; on-the-job injuries</title>
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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>
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		<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>Poems by Direct Care Workers: Getting By</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Moreau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ellie’s reading the community college brochure and talking about becoming a CNA or a PT assistant, complaining to Gina how long it takes, Just to make fifteen bucks an hour instead of ten oh nine. Extra money for cigarettes and tattoos, I tweak them. I can be an asshole, I know. It’s more than that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What I Told the IOM about Direct Care Workers and Swine Flu</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/09/what-i-told-the-iom-about-direct-care-workers-and-swine-flu/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/09/what-i-told-the-iom-about-direct-care-workers-and-swine-flu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 05:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Lipscomb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’re a direct care worker who may be exposed to people with swine flu, you should be fitted for a respirator and use it as needed to protect against becoming infected yourself. That’s what I told an IOM panel on August 20. In a report that was published on September 3, the Institute of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Better Enforcement of OSHA Standards Needed to Protect Home Care Workers</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/07/better-enforcement-of-osha-standards-needed-to-protect-home-care-workers/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/07/better-enforcement-of-osha-standards-needed-to-protect-home-care-workers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Home care workers need federal and state workplace safety and health protection to protect them from injuries and illness on the job, according to an article in the July issue of the American Journal of Industrial Medicine. “Occupational blood exposure among unlicensed home care workers and home care registered nurses: Are they protected?” presents the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Care Workers Given Highest Priority for Swine Flu Vaccine</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/06/home-care-workers-given-highest-priority-for-swine-flu-vaccine/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/06/home-care-workers-given-highest-priority-for-swine-flu-vaccine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:42:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Lipscomb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Home care workers should be considered Tier 1 personnel &#8212; the highest priority &#8211; for swine flu vaccination in efforts to minimize the impact of H1N1 virus and other pandemic flu outbreaks, according to an article (PDF) in the June 2009 issue of the American Journal of Public Health. The article&#8217;s lead author is Sherry Baron, MD [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington Post Cover Story Asks Why Home Care Workers Stay</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/05/washington-post-cover-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 04:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Marilyn Daniel&#8217;s Reward,&#8221; the cover story of Sunday&#8217;s Washington Post Magazine, gives readers an up close and personal view of one compassionate home health aide and her work. Author Paula Span makes clear the skills and sensitivity that make Marilyn Daniel good at her work, as well as the many services she provides. Span also  interviews some of Daniel&#8217;s clients, her employer, and a variety of experts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Putting the DC in the DCA: Advocating for the FLSA Fix and Our Health Care Reform Principles</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/05/putting-the-dc-in-the-dca/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 01:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The co-chairs of the Congressional Labor and Working Families Caucus have endorsed the Direct  Care Alliance&#8217;s position that home care workers are entitled to minimum wage and overtime protection. The DCA is spearheading an effort by Linda Sánchez, Michael Michaud and Stephen Lynch, who are urging their colleagues in Congress to sign onto a letter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The On-the-Job Injury that Almost Cost Me My Career</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/03/the-on-the-job-injury-that-almost-cost-me-my-career/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/03/the-on-the-job-injury-that-almost-cost-me-my-career/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vicki Erickson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since we direct care workers have the highest rate of on-the-job injuries of any profession, I guess it&#8217;s not surprising that I&#8217;ve had several in my 24 years on the job. Not all were bad enough to result in a worker&#8217;s compensation claim, but the latest one almost cost me my career. On January 1, [...]]]></description>
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