Article Publication Date:
4/1/2003
Summary:
This brief recognizes the issues that face home care workers – including low wages, difficult work, and few, if any, benefits. At the same time, demands for home health care are increasing. This document, written on behalf of the Service Employees International Union, advocates on behalf of home health workers to raise wages in order to encourage participation in a workforce that assists Illinois vulnerable populations.
Types/Tools:
Populations:
Aging/Older Adults; Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities; Physical Disabilities; Direct Care Workforce
Sources:
Grantee produced
Illinois
Programs/Initiatives:
N/A
States:
employment; home health care; workforce; home health workers; poverty-level wages;
Contact
Nirvana Huhtala Petlick
npetlick@ifh.rutgers.edu
Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/51125