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Investing in Home Care Workers Like Me Is the Solution We Need

These workers were left out of the New Deal. They’ve been fighting for better pay ever since. My adopted sister, Leia, depends on me for everything. Leia has spina bifida and cerebral palsy, and it’s my job as a home care worker to make sure her needs are met. Over the course of any given… Continue reading Investing in Home Care Workers Like Me Is the Solution We Need

When Public Investments Benefit Black People, White Elites Historically Work Overtime To Stop It

When Public Investments Benefit Black People, White Elites Historically Work Overtime To Stop It As Congress rushes to deliver bills to make crucial investments in infrastructure, jobs and families, much resistance is coming from those who pretend to fret over budget deficits and the federal debt. These irresponsible and dangerous arguments about the debt and… Continue reading When Public Investments Benefit Black People, White Elites Historically Work Overtime To Stop It

PHI Releases New Annual Data on the U.S. Direct Care Workforce

PHI Releases New Annual Data on the U.S. Direct Care Workforce NEW YORK — In 2020, as this country began grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic, direct care workers nationwide continued to struggle in poverty-level jobs across all long-term care settings, according to a new report from PHI, the nation’s leading expert on the direct care… Continue reading PHI Releases New Annual Data on the U.S. Direct Care Workforce

Covid-19 exposed the devastating consequences of staff shortages in nursing homes. But the problem isn’t new

Covid-19 exposed the devastating consequences of staff shortages in nursing homes. But the problem isn’t new. Julie Moore recalls harrowing experiences from the pandemic inside the Philadelphia nursing home where she works. As the virus spread throughout the facility last year, emergency responders came and went regularly, taking yet another resident running low on oxygen… Continue reading Covid-19 exposed the devastating consequences of staff shortages in nursing homes. But the problem isn’t new

Barriers for Black women set U.S. economy back by $500 billion, report finds

Barriers for Black women set U.S. economy back by $500 billion, report finds The wage gap and barriers to economic mobility have not only set Black women’s advancement back, but also depressed the United States economy by about $507 billion over the past six decades, according to a new report from financial services firm S&P… Continue reading Barriers for Black women set U.S. economy back by $500 billion, report finds

To Achieve Equitable Quality Of Care In Nursing Homes, Address Key Workforce Challenges

AUTHOR: Jacqueline Lantsman Milena Berhane James Hernandez

SUBJECT: racial equity, safe staffing, poor job quality, nursing homes, pandemic, occupational segregation, turnvover, career mobility, wages & benefits, BIPOC women, essential workers, care crisis

Nursing Home Safety During COVID: Staff Shortages

AUTHOR: Teresa Murray, U.S. Pirg Education Fund

SUBJECT: safe staffing, poor job quality, nursing homes, pandemic, occupational segregation, turnvover, career mobility, wages & benefits, BIPOC women, essential workers, care crisis

Predictors of Intent to Leave the Job Among Home Health Workers: Analysis of the National Home Health Aide Survey

AUTHOR:R obyn Stone, DrPH, Jess Wilhelm, MID, Christine E Bishop, PhD, Natasha S Bryant, MA, Linda Hermer, PhD, Marie R Squillace, PhD

SUBJECT: home care, poor job quality, turnover, occupational segregation, structural racism, sexism, wages and benefits, career mobility, BIPOC women, essential workers, care crisis

Racial Inequality in the Labor Market and Employment Opportunities

AUTHOR: K. Steven Brown

SUBJECTS: structural racism, economy, occupational segregation, BIPOC women, essential workers

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The CenterFor LTCequity

The Center for Advancing Racial Equity and Job Quality in Long-Term Care (The Center for Equity) is a national hub for developing innovative workforce policy and fostering narrative change in long-term care (LTC).  Our work centers the majority Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) women and immigrant caregiving workforce and confronts the links between systemic racial and gender inequities and poor job quality.  We unite diverse stakeholders in service of building the equitable caregiving infrastructure our nation needs.

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