John Joyce

"I am a 73 year old man taking care of my wife, who suffers from severe arthritis. I don't want my wife to end up in a nursing home, but the way the system is, she might have to. Pennsylvania should set up a registry of qualified workers, where I can recruit my own worker to come in and help. Family caregivers like me need relief."

John Joyce
Brookline, PA

Time for the Consumer Workforce Council!

A Consumer Workforce Council will expand home care options for seniors and people with disabilities -- while improving wages and providing health benefits for the direct care attendants who serve them.

Tell our Legislators and Governor Rendell: It's Time for the Consumer Workforce Council!

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President Barack Obama Walks a Day in a Home Care Attendant's Shoes!

When President Barack Obama was still on the campaign trail, he joined home care worker Pauline Beck and senior and home care consumer John Thornton to walk a day in Pauline's shoes. He did all the hard work a direct care worker does every day -- helping John -- a retiree in Alameda, California, stay independent in his home.

"Seniors and those living with disabilities really need this assistance," Pauline says. It’s important for their minds and bodies that they are able to stay in their homes and live out their lives. We need to think about how we’ll want to be treated when we are that age."

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