Have you heard about the National Direct Care Partnership???

The National Direct Care Partnership is a coalition of organizations and individuals who recognize the urgent need to improve long-term care by improving direct-care jobs. They advocate for state and federal laws and regulations that support direct-care workers and the people who rely on their services. They are sponsored by the Direct Care Alliance (the national direct care worker association), and their members include direct-care worker associations, long-term care consumers, employers, and advocates across the nation.

Their members take a multi-stakeholder approach to advocacy, bringing together stakeholders from all parts of the long-term care world to amplify their voices on behalf of direct care workers and consumers. They welcome all individuals and groups who care about this issue, including elders and people with disabilities and their advocates and allies, worker associations, nursing home and home care providers, residential group homes, consumer-directed programs, and organized labor.

For more information, call DCA National Advocacy Director Roy Gedat at (207) 739-9179
or Executive Director Leonila Vega at (212) 730-0741

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/DCA_Partners/