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Ray Ferry and Dawn Esterly
"This is Ray Ferry, and he's a physically disabled man. And I'm Dawn Esterly, and I'm Ray's personal care attendant. Ray sees his attendants struggling. In the past, Ray's attendants have not had health care, and it caused problems for him -- they'd have to call off, or come to work sick. We need the Consumer Workforce Council because attendants like us need support to help our consumers."
Ray Ferry and Dawn Esterly
Meadville, 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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Legislators Hear Loud and Clear: Pennsylvania Supports the Consumer Workforce Council!
People with disabilities, seniors, and home care attendants celebrate a great hearing on the Consumer Workforce Council on May 13, 2009
On May 13th, 2009, seniors, people with disabilities, and home care attendants from all over the state were proud to witness the House Aging and Older Adult Services and Labor Relations Committees conduct an important hearing on the Consumer Workforce Council. The Consumer Workforce Council is home care consumers' plan to build a reliable workforce of home care attendants that can help all of us get the care we need at home.
Well over 100 leaders in the ongoing work to build a home care system that works for everybody came together in Harrisburg on the 13th:
Check out the press release on the event from Pennsylvania's Campaign for the Consumer Workforce Council below, and stay tuned for more news and leadership on home care in Pennsylvania!
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