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	<title>News and Opinions « Direct Care Alliance &#187; Iowa</title>
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		<title>Direct Care Heroes Gather in Iowa: Compassion in Action</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/11/direct-care-heroes-gather-in-iowa-compassion-in-action/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a guest post from Pam Biklen, Program Director at the Iowa CareGivers Association. This fall, the Iowa CareGivers Association held their annual educational conference and awards reception for direct care workers &#8211; Hometown Heroes: Compassion in Action. There were 318 people in attendance at this conference, 234 of which were direct care workers. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa State Football Coach Thanks Direct Care Workers</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/10/iowa-state-football-coach-thanks-direct-care-workers/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/10/iowa-state-football-coach-thanks-direct-care-workers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy Gedat</dc:creator>
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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>Iowa Caregivers Association Increases Awareness of Direct Care Workforce Issues</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/06/iowa-caregivers-association-increases-awareness-of-direct-care-workforce-issues/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/06/iowa-caregivers-association-increases-awareness-of-direct-care-workforce-issues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonila Vega</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month, a Des Moines Register editorial called for more support for those caring for the elderly. According to the Register, “Iowa has one of the highest rates in the country of admissions to nursing facilities. Going forward, more and more Iowans will want to live in their own homes as long as they can. [...]]]></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>Voices Institute NLP Graduates New Crop of Direct Care Worker Leaders</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/10/new-crop-of-direct-care-worker-leaders-graduates-from-the-voices-institute-nlp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonila Vega</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Let the root thrive” was the birthing motto of the Voices Institute inaugural class, inspired by the lakeside location of the DeKoven Center in Wisconsin, where the first graduates launched DCA’s signature National Leadership Program (NLP) to turbo-charge direct care worker leadership and activism. When I wrote, after the first class graduated, that the inaugural program was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bankrupted by Health Care Costs, CNA Cindy Ramer Shares Her Story</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/09/bankrupted-by-health-care-costs-cna-cindy-ramer-shares-her-story/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/09/bankrupted-by-health-care-costs-cna-cindy-ramer-shares-her-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A moving story in the September 7 issue of Iowa’s WCR Courier traces the troubles experienced by long-time CNA Cindy Ramer because she and her husband could not afford health insurance. Rising medical costs forced the Ramers to file bankruptcy in 2003. Two years later, Cindy tells the paper, she lost her husband to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Voices Institute Welcomes Another Remarkable Class</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/09/voices-institute-welcomes-another-remarkable-class/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/09/voices-institute-welcomes-another-remarkable-class/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bridget Siljander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Direct Care Alliance’s signature program, the Voices Institute, is about to hold its second National Leadership Program. The week-long retreat is an intensive learning journey, and this year&#8217;s class is another remarkable group, which will surely join the pioneers from the VI inaugural class to leave its mark on the direct care worker movement. We are returning to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real Wages Keep Falling for Personal and Home Care Aides</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/09/real-wages-keep-falling-for-personal-and-home-care-aides/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/09/real-wages-keep-falling-for-personal-and-home-care-aides/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As every direct care worker advocate knows, personal and home care aides earn far too little for the important work they do. And now an updated version of PHI’s State Chart Book on Wages for Personal and Home Care Aides (PDF) gives advocates a valuable tool, proving that real wages are actually getting worse. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Worker Associations Plan Fall Conferences</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/09/worker-associations-plan-fall-conferences/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/09/worker-associations-plan-fall-conferences/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Iowa CareGivers Association (ICA), the Florida Professional Association of Care Givers (FPACG), and the New Mexico Direct Caregivers Coalition are all hosting their annual conferences this fall. Iowa CareGivers Association The ICA’s event, Cracking the Caregiver Code, will be held on October 9 in Des Moines. It will feature educational sessions on caregiving topics, like “The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Direct Care Workers in the News</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/08/direct-care-workers-in-the-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Faye Miller Honored as South Dakota&#8217;s DSP of the Year  A special issue of The DSP Chronicles is devoted to Faye Miller, South Dakota’s Direct Support Professional of the Year. Miller was honored by ANCOR (the American Network of Community Options and Resources) for her dedication to the people she assists, who have an array [...]]]></description>
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