Homecare in Illinois: A Continuing Crisis
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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.
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Illinois
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Keywords
employment; home health care; workforce; home health workers; poverty-level wages;
Contact
Nirvana
Huhtala Petlick
npetlick@ifh.rutgers.edu