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Eldercare Workforce Alliance to Address the Critical Shortage of Healthcare Workers Capable of Meeting the Needs of Older Adults
Source: Eldercare Workforce Alliance
The Eldercare Workforce Alliance (EWA) -- a new coalition of 25 leading organizations representing older adults and the eldercare workforce, including family caregivers, healthcare professionals, and direct-care workers -- is holding its founding meeting this week in Washington, D.C. This wide array of national organizations…
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National Coalition Launched to Address Eldercare Workforce Shortage
Source: Philanthropy News Digest
Posted on February 9, 2009 The newly established Eldercare Workforce Alliance has announced that it will work to address the critical shortage of healthcare providers and caregivers adequately prepared to meet the unique care needs of older adults. Funded in part by Atlantic Philanthropies and the John…
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PHI Establishes National Policy/Advocacy Office in DC
Source: PHI
Bronx, NY - PHI, a nonprofit working to strengthen eldercare and disability services in the United States, announces that it has opened a national policy/advocacy office in Washington, DC. The opening of the DC-based office caps a year in which the Bronx-based PHI has significantly…
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Caring for Aging Loved Ones Can Be a Catch-22
Source: The Washington Post
In her long struggle to care for her gravely ill husband, journalist and Passages author Gail Sheehy recalls one defining moment. More than a year ago, her husband, publisher Clay Felker, was being discharged from a New York City rehabilitation facility after spending several months…
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Report Examines Global Aging Phenomenon
Source: PHI Blog
Original Source PHI is an Atlantic grantee. By Matt Cardin A new report commissioned by the National Institute on Aging and issued last month by the U.S. Census Bureau examines the demographic and socioeconomic effects of the unprecedented rate at which the world’s population is…
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