Eldercare Workforce Alliance Co-Conveners Respond to State of the Union Address in Huff Post
The February 13th Huffington Post Business section featured Eldercare Workforce Alliance co-conveners, Nancy Lundebjerg and Michelle Saunders, who respond to the economic messages in the President's State of the Union Address by calling for strenthening labor and wage protections for home care workers. Read the full article here.
The February 13th Huffington Post Business section featured Eldercare Workforce Alliance co-conveners, Nancy Lundebjerg and Michelle Saunders, who respond to the economic messages in the President's State of the Union Address by calling for strenthening labor and wage protections for home care workers. Read the full article here.
The Eldercare Workforce Alliance, funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation and The Atlantic Philanthropies, comprises 29 organizations—representing consumers, professionals, paraprofessionals, and the healthcare industry—that are concerned with the workforce needed to deliver quality care for older adults. The EWA was formed in response to the 2008 Institute of Medicine report Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Health Care Workforce, and has established a solid track record using a variety of advocacy techniques to insert geriatric care workforce issues into ongoing regulatory and possible future legislative policy making.
