EWA in the News
The State of Quality Care Demands Quality Jobs
February 13, 2013
EWA co-conveners Nancy Lundebjerg and Michèle Saunders discuss FLSA minimum wage and overtime protection for home care workers in this The Huffington Post op-Ed.
read more >>>Building the Nation's Eldercare Direct-Care Workforce: Policy Implications
September 12, 2012
EWA founding co-conveners, Steven Dawson and Nancy Lundebjerg, along with American Geriatrics Society CEO, Jennie Chin Hansen discuss the policy implications for building a strong eldercare direct-care workforce in this Annals of Long-Term Care article.
read more >>>Beyond the Boardroom: Interview with Kathryn Kietzman
July 12, 2012
This article from the John A. Hartford Foundation's Health AGEnda blog interviews Dr. Kathryn Kietzman, highlighting some of the work of the Eldercare Workforce Alliance, as well as issues involved in strengthening the eldercare workforce and the exciting prospects of a career in aging.
read more >>>EWA Issue Brief Featured on Website
May 21, 2012
The Eldercare Workforce Alliance's Jobs Issue Brief was featured on the website, Healthcare Management and Geriatric Care.
read more >>>EWA Co-Convener Educates Congress on Importance of Title VII and VIII Geriatrics Health Professions Programs
March 16, 2012
Member: American Geriatrics Society
Serving in her role as Eldercare Workforce Alliance (EWA) co-convener, Nancy Lundebjerg, AGS COO, visited with lawmakers on Wednesday, stressing the importance of Title VII and VIII geriatrics health professions funding. Along with EWA policy advisor Gail MacInnes, Lundebjerg met with nine Congressional offices from both sides of the aisle, in order to educate staff on the need to support and expand the number of faculty and educators who provide geriatrics training.
read more >>>EWA In Action (Health AGEnda Blog, The John A. Hartford Foundation)
November 13, 2011
Chris Langston, of the John A. Hartford Foundation, discussed EWA's latest briefing on the Hill on the Health AGEnda Blog, pointing out the crucial role that EWA plays in both the fight to preserve funding for Title VII and VIII and ensuring that IOM's recommendations as laid out in its report "Retooling for an Aging America" are fulfilled.
read more >>>Eldercare Workforce Alliance Reports Eldercare Is an Engine for Job Growth (PHI Blog, PolicyWorks)
September 29, 2011
Member: PHI - Quality Care through Quality Jobs
The Eldercare Workforce Alliance (EWA) issued two policy briefs on the interrelationship between two critical issues facing our nation — the need for job creation and the rapidly increasing demand for a wide spectrum of health care providers trained to provide eldercare.
The EWA, a coalition of 28 national organizations, contends that investing in the eldercare workforce will also strengthen the nation’s economy.
read more >>>EWA Heads to Capitol Hill (AGS Week in Review Listserv)
September 23, 2011
Member: American Geriatrics Society
Joined by her Eldercare Workforce Alliance (EWA) co-convener Steven Dawson and EWA project manager Caitlin Connolly, AGS C.O.O. Nancy Lundebjerg spent September 15 on Capitol Hill visiting with lawmakers. Over the course of ten meetings, the EWA team conveyed the critical importance of Title VII and VIII geriatrics health professions programs and the jobs creation potential that exists within eldercare. The visits were focused on meeting with staff for a cadre of Senators and Representatives who sit on critical committees with jurisdiction over these issues.
read more >>>EWA Project Manager Caitlin Connolly talks with Carole Marks of the radio show, A Touch of Grey
July 30, 2011
Caitlin Connolly, project manager for the Eldercare Workforce Alliance, talks about the fact that the quality of care for the growing older population is at stake. The show discusses the Eldercare Workforce Alliance’s 28 national organizations, that are united by a commitment to address the eldercare workforce shortage in order to ensure that our parents and grandparents receive quality care in settings of their choice.
read more >>>Success of Health Reform Depends on Workforce (LeadingAge)
June 29, 2011
Member: LeadingAge
Dr. Robyn Stone, executive director of the LeadingAge Center for Applied Research, in a new Journal of Aging and Social Policy article praises the work of the Elderworkforce Alliance to ensure the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) acknowledged the additional demands that its provisions will place on the eldercare workforce.
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