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Pearl Novack
"I have emphysema and I need care, but a nursing home shouldn't be my only option. My father built my house decades ago, and I am proud and determined to stay living in my house as long as possible. That is why we need a Consumer Workforce Council -- because nobody should feel forced to leave their home."
Pearl Novak
Wilkes-Barre, 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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Newsletter from Pennsylvania's Campaign for the Consumer Workforce Council!
Click below to download the most recent newsletter from Pennsylvania's Campaign for the Conusmer Workforce Council.
Consumer Workforce Council: Front Page News!
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Read a powerful cover story on the home care consumers and attendants working to build the Consumer Workforce Council! Read the story by clicking here.
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!
New Newsletter from PA's Campaign for the Consumer Workforce Council!
Below please find a link to the new May 2009 newsletter for Pennsylvania's Campaign for the Consumer Workforce Council!