Long Term Care
Caregivers, Consumers Lose as Supreme Court Rules Against Overtime and Minimum Wage for Home Care Workers
The United States Supreme Court disappointed caregivers and the families they assist as it decided June 11th to permit home care agencies to continue to deny payment of the minimum wage and overtime to home care workers.
The finding against Evelyn Coke in Long Island Care at Home Ltd v. Coke will likely hurt efforts to provide America’s growing senior population and people with disabilities with the quality, reliable in-home care they will need to live independently.
Read SEIU's release and a New York Times editorial, plus Chicago Tribune and Craig's Business Journal news coverage.
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Study Shows Worker Empowerment Means Better Nursing Home Care
A new study of California nursing homes shows that allowing workers to form a union for a strong voice on the job improves nursing home care quality.
"We found that allowing workers to have a voice on the job appears to enhance problem reporting while, especially in stronger union environments, it may reduce the incidence of serious quality violations," said James Swan, PhD, the study’s lead author.
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Who Will Care for Us?
The Older Women's League has released a special Mother's Day report on Women and Long Term Care. The report outlines the coming "care gap" between the growing number of people who will need long term care and the shrinking number of caregivers. More at Owl-National.org »
Long Term Care Issues
Aging in America
In 2008, baby boomers qualify for Social Security. Unless legislators make dramatic changes, health care and retirement costs threaten to bankrupt the nation. More »
