Connecticut Bill Would Expand Training Requirements for Homemaker-Companion Agencies
The legislation, known as HB 5143, would require agencies to provide annual paid training to homemaker-companion employees.
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AFSCME Supports Bill to Protect Wages for Home Care Workers
The wages of more than 3 million home care workers would be protected from unfair attacks under legislation recently introduced in Congress and endorsed by AFSCME.
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New Jersey Releases Direct Care Workforce Strategic Plan to Strengthen Recruitment, Retention and Training
Recognizing that no single strategy can address the nationwide direct care shortage, the plan focuses on coordinated action across three major areas.
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Two Congressional Leaders Introduce the Home Health Stabilization Act
Oklahoma Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) and Alabama Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) recently introduced the Home Health Stabilization Act of 2025.
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Report from New Jersey Think Tank Focuses on Medicaid, Home Care and More
A new report from Garden State Initiative finds that New Jersey’s Medicaid program, NJ FamilyCare, is on an unsustainable fiscal trajectory without structural reform.
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Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition and Nation’s Long-Term Care Leaders Rally to Protect Senior Access to Meds
America’s leading long-term care voices are unified in their call for urgent action to avert a looming crisis that could impact access to care for millions of seniors across the country.
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Bill Seeks to Establish National Advisory Commission on Long-Term Senior Care Services
U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and John Boozman (R-AR) introduced a bill to create a National Advisory Commission on long-term care services for seniors and individuals in need of support for activities of daily living.
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ACLU Opposes Department of Labor’s Proposal to Strip Wage Protections from Home Care Workers
The ACLU has filed a public comment opposing the Department of Labor’s proposed rule, “Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to Domestic Service,” which would eliminate wage and hour protections for millions of the nation’s paid caregivers.
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U.S. DOL Halts Enforcement of Home Care Companionship Exemption
The Home Care Association of America had consistently advocated in support of reinstating the companionship exemption.
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Expanded VA Burial Benefits to Support Veterans Who Spend Final Days at Home
Previously, veterans who died at home under VA hospice care were not always eligible for a full VA burial allowance.
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