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Advocates Work to Tranform Community-Based Care in Pennsylvania

Faye Murman

Philadelphia Weekly | June 15, 2009

The majority of disabled people in need of long-term care want to live at home. To do so, they need people like Brenda McFadden to help them get through the day. But the working conditions are intense and poorly remunerated.

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Tags: Consumer Workforce Council, homecare, Pennsylvania, health, labor, elder care

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