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Homecare in Illinois: A Continuing Crisis
04/01/2003 | Requests *Summary
This brief recognizes the issues that face home care workers – including low wages, difficult work, and few, if any, benefits. At the same time, demands for home health care are increasing. This document, written on behalf of the Service Employees International Union, advocates on behalf of home health workers to raise wages in order to encourage participation in a workforce that assists Illinois vulnerable populations.
Author
Epton, Jeff
Available Files
- Report PDF (900K, 20 pages)
Keywords
Wages and Benefits; Recruitment and Retention; Personal Assistant; Independent Living; Caregiving; Advocacy; employment; home health care; workforce; home health workers; poverty-level wages;
Topic
Aging Issues, Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities, Employment Programs, Housing, Long-Term Care, Physical Disabilities, Workforce/Direct Care
Type/Tool
Policy alerts, briefs, letters & papers, Reports
Source
Grantee produced, Illinois
State
Illinois
Date Created
02/12/2007
Contact
Nirvana Huhtala Petlick
npetlick@ifh.rutgers.edu
npetlick@ifh.rutgers.edu
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* Reflects requests since January 1, 2007
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