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	<title>News and Opinions « Direct Care Alliance &#187; Florida</title>
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	<description>What direct care worker advocates are thinking, saying and doing</description>
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		<title>DCA Members, Allies Comment on Proposed Rule</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2012/02/dca-members-allies-comment-on-proposed-rule/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that we&#8217;re about two-thirds of the way through the public comment period on the proposed rule to extend Fair Labor Standards Act protections to home care workers, the comments are beginning to give a sense of the range and sheer number of home care stakeholders who support the rule&#8211;and the depth of their passion about this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Huffington Post Shines Light on FLSA Companionship Exemption</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/12/huffington-post-shines-light-on-flsa-companionship-exemption/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:24:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;If you&#8217;re in this job for money, you&#8217;re in it for the wrong reason, but I&#8217;d like to see that change someday,” says a Florida home care worker in Healthcare Workers on Verge of Winning Equal Rights, Higher Pay. The December 1 Huffington Post article looks at the companionship exemption that denies home care workers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life Without Overtime: Averaging 60 to 80 Hours a Week</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/11/life-without-overtime-averaging-60-to-80-hours-a-week/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/11/life-without-overtime-averaging-60-to-80-hours-a-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The home care worker whose story you are about to read chose to remain anonymous for fear of losing her job. In order for me to pull my weight, I average 120 to 160 hours every two weeks. My husband loads trucks 40 hours a week. It takes me almost twice as long to earn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life Without Overtime: Was I Living? Was I Really Taking Care of Anybody?</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/11/life-without-overtime-was-i-living-was-i-really-taking-care-of-anybody/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/11/life-without-overtime-was-i-living-was-i-really-taking-care-of-anybody/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The home care worker whose story you are about to read chose to remain anonymous for fear of losing her job. Here in Florida, when you work for an agency you don’t get time and a half for overtime. Most of the agencies will give you all the time in the world—and you have to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Experiencing CNA Work as Another Form of Customer Service</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/10/experiencing-cna-work-as-another-form-of-customer-service/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/10/experiencing-cna-work-as-another-form-of-customer-service/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 02:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon Baumgartner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When she lost her job at a call center, Sharon Baumgartner discovered CNA work—and found that her customer service experience came in very handy. I work as a CNA (Patient Care Technician II) in the ICU department of Florida Hospital/Waterman in Tavares, Florida. The joy of my work—and what keeps me motivated—is seeing very, very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conference Inspires and Informs Florida Caregivers</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/10/conference-inspires-and-informs-florida-caregivers/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/10/conference-inspires-and-informs-florida-caregivers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brenda Nachtway</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 16th annual Florida Professional Association of Care Givers (FPACG) conference, which was co-sponsored this year by DCA, was inspirational from the start. After a welcome and invocation by CNA/HHA Rita Andrews and CNA/HHA Nancy Strebel, the Air Force junior ROTC from Lake Brantley High School presented the colors. What a thing that was to witness! Next [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stumping for the Direct Care Job Quality Improvement Act</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/10/stumping-for-the-direct-care-job-quality-job-improvement-act/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/10/stumping-for-the-direct-care-job-quality-job-improvement-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Leah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I returned home after attending this year’s Voices Institute, I made a commitment to myself. I committed to not waste the investment made in me by DCA; the confidence placed in me by my association, the Florida Professional Association of Care Givers, when they recommended me for the training; or the commitment I made to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The National Voices Institute Experience &#8211; Part III</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/05/the-national-voices-institute-experience-part-iii/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/05/the-national-voices-institute-experience-part-iii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 21:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join Florida CNA Joan Leah on her journey to this year&#8217;s Voices Institute Training My colleagues and I just completed the 2011 Voices Institute Leadership Training Program! It was a very intense, yet rewarding learning experience and I am honored to have graduated with some of the finest people I have ever met. The investment [...]]]></description>
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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>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/12/fpacg-hosts-convention-works-on-outreach-strategies/#comments</comments>
		<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>Florida Eldercare Workforce Finds Unified Voice; Helps Lead Call for Change</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/10/florida-helps-lead-the-call-for-change/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/10/florida-helps-lead-the-call-for-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a guest post from Terry Bucher, Founder &#38; President Emeritus of the Florida Professional Association of Care Givers. Two weeks ago, I was privileged to be a part of the Eldercare Workforce Alliance Hill Day in Washington, DC. I had the chance to speak out on behalf of eldercare issues, especially as they [...]]]></description>
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