News and Opinions « Direct Care Alliance http://blog.directcarealliance.org What direct care worker advocates are thinking, saying and doing Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:22:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Five Immediate Consumer Benefits Under Health Reform http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/03/five-immediate-consumer-benefits-under-health-reform/ http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/03/five-immediate-consumer-benefits-under-health-reform/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:13:26 +0000 David Ward http://blog.directcarealliance.org/?p=2601 http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/03/five-immediate-consumer-benefits-under-health-reform/feed/ 0 Creating the Workplaces We Deserve http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/03/creating-the-workplaces-we-deserve/ http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/03/creating-the-workplaces-we-deserve/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:50:15 +0000 Aaron Pickering http://blog.directcarealliance.org/?p=2581 http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/03/creating-the-workplaces-we-deserve/feed/ 0 In the News: staff cuts, budget setbacks and more http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/03/in-the-news-staff-cuts-budget-setbacks-and-more/ http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/03/in-the-news-staff-cuts-budget-setbacks-and-more/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:48:42 +0000 Leonila Vega http://blog.directcarealliance.org/?p=2575 http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/03/in-the-news-staff-cuts-budget-setbacks-and-more/feed/ 0 The Culture Change Way: Empowering direct care workers to improve care http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/03/the-culture-change-way-empowering-direct-care-workers-to-improve-care/ http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/03/the-culture-change-way-empowering-direct-care-workers-to-improve-care/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:12:40 +0000 Leonila Vega http://blog.directcarealliance.org/?p=2564 http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/03/the-culture-change-way-empowering-direct-care-workers-to-improve-care/feed/ 0 A Call to Direct Care Leaders: Let’s bring our best selves to the cause http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/03/a-call-to-direct-care-leaders-let%e2%80%99s-bring-our-best-selves-to-the-cause/ http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/03/a-call-to-direct-care-leaders-let%e2%80%99s-bring-our-best-selves-to-the-cause/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:31:28 +0000 Bridget Siljander http://blog.directcarealliance.org/?p=2555 http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/03/a-call-to-direct-care-leaders-let%e2%80%99s-bring-our-best-selves-to-the-cause/feed/ 3 Impacting Your State’s System: My work in Maine http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/03/impacting-your-states-system-my-work-in-maine/ http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/03/impacting-your-states-system-my-work-in-maine/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:07:29 +0000 Helen Hanson http://blog.directcarealliance.org/?p=2548 http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/03/impacting-your-states-system-my-work-in-maine/feed/ 2 Letting Her Go: How direct care work prepared me to care for my wife http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/02/a-cna-calls-on-every-skill-he-has-learned-to-care-for-his-own-wife/ http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/02/a-cna-calls-on-every-skill-he-has-learned-to-care-for-his-own-wife/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:57:03 +0000 John Booker http://blog.directcarealliance.org/?p=2538 http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/02/a-cna-calls-on-every-skill-he-has-learned-to-care-for-his-own-wife/feed/ 11 Health care reform still holds promise for direct care workers http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/02/health-care-reform-still-holds-promise-for-direct-care-workers/ http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/02/health-care-reform-still-holds-promise-for-direct-care-workers/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:41:29 +0000 David Ward http://blog.directcarealliance.org/?p=2530 http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/02/health-care-reform-still-holds-promise-for-direct-care-workers/feed/ 0 Independent living & disability rights advocate takes up the case of direct care workers http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/02/independent-living-disability-rights-advocate-takes-up-the-case-of-direct-care-workers/ http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/02/independent-living-disability-rights-advocate-takes-up-the-case-of-direct-care-workers/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:31:33 +0000 Leonila Vega http://blog.directcarealliance.org/?p=2522 http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/02/independent-living-disability-rights-advocate-takes-up-the-case-of-direct-care-workers/feed/ 0 Worker Rights Champion Confirmed as Solicitor for the U.S. DOL http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/02/worker-rights-champion-confirmed-as-solicitor-for-the-u-s-dol/ http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/02/worker-rights-champion-confirmed-as-solicitor-for-the-u-s-dol/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:58:46 +0000 David Ward http://blog.directcarealliance.org/?p=2508 http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/02/worker-rights-champion-confirmed-as-solicitor-for-the-u-s-dol/feed/ 1