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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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Press Releases, Media Coverage
Citizens' Voice: Seniors Push for Quality Home Care
BY JAMES B. HALE
7/11/2008
Pearl Novak has emphysema. She lives by herself. In some states, the 76-year-old would be able to choose a home caregiver from a list of qualified applicants. In Pennsylvania, she faces her worst nightmare — a nursing home.
Seniors Rally for Home Care Options
by James B. Hale of The Citizen's Voice
As Pennsylvania seniors get older; nursing homes can seem like the only long-term healthcare option. But a group of Luzerne County senior citizens say there's another choice.
My Life, My Choice Campaign Tells House Hearing Homecare is Preference of Seniors, Costs One-Third as Much as Nursing Homes
05/27/2008
Changing our long term living system from one centered on nursing homes to one centered on seniors’ homes is a no brainer
HARRISBURG — At a hearing chaired today by State Representative Todd Eachus, a spokesperson for the My Life, My Choice campaign said Pennsylvania needs to join states like Washington, Oregon, Massachusetts, Michigan, California and Wisconsin in creating a state solution for quality homecare and to “do it as quickly as possible.
Senior Advocacy Organizations Kick Off Campaign to Create a Statewide Solution for Quality Home Care
05/22/2008
Advocates say home care gives seniors what they want, saves taxpayer dollars, and lessens the pressure of the aging baby boomer generation