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Community is essential. National Caregivers Month 2018

November is National Caregivers Month. This is when we take time to recognize and celebrate the contributions of caregivers. Caregivers...

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Home care referendum will ensure all Mainers age in grace

This piece originally appeared in the Bangor Daily News. Read it there.  My work as a pastor is deeply rewarding,...

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Lauren Miller Rogen and Seth Rogen urge support for Maine’s Homecare For All initiative

Lauren Miller Rogen is a film writer and director and the founder of Hilarity for Charity, a non-profit that works...

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Will Maine Voters Decide To Make Aging In Place Affordable?

This article originally appeared in Kaiser Health News. Read it there.  As Election Day draws near, a ballot initiative in...

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Pay Caregivers Fairly with Ai-jen Poo

This podcast episode of Call Your Girlfriend can also be found at this link.  Personal shero and labor innovator Ai-jen...

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Question 1 will enable seniors to age on their own terms

This op-ed originally appeared in the Bangor Daily News on September 27, 2018. Read the original there.  There’s no way...

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A Radical Solution to the Impossible Cost of Caring for the Elderly

This article appears in the September/October issue of Mother Jones Magazine. Read the original here.  Roland Bourque was 30 years...

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First Citizen-led Campaign with Bold New Solution to Provide Long-term Care Launches in Nation’s Oldest State

New study says waitlists could be eliminated and care services could be expanded to cover almost five times as many...

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Connections Q&A: Social Justice and Equity in Aging

This article originally appeared in Stria. Read it there.  The reality is that today’s older population is divided. When it...

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It’s Not the ‘Future of Work,’ It’s the Future of Workers That’s in Doubt

This article first appeared in The American Prospect. Read the original there.  As another Labor Day passes, the stakes have...

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Who Will Care for the Carers?

This article originally appeared in Foreign Policy on July 16, 2018. Read it there.  As automation grinds its way through...

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Iowa needs to invest in caregiving infrastructure

This article first appeared in the Des Moines Register. Read the original there.  As our country seems more divided every...

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Business owners, experts say homecare initiative will breathe life into Maine’s care economy

This article first appeared in the Maine Beacon. Read the original there.  The Maine senior population is set to increase...

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Cages, ‘Infestations,’ and the Demonization of Immigrants

This article first appeared on The Cut. Read the original there.  This week, as appalled Americans continued to seek ways...

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Caring Majority Report Cards Point to Glaring Care Failures, but also Path to Future

As we get older, our need for care increases. With the federal government locked in an ideological battle over the...

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Double duty: Caregivers take on a second shift in an aging America

This article first appeared in the Star Tribune. Read the original there.  Our Co-Founder Sarita Gupta also appeared in a...

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It’s time to raise wages for care workers

This article first appeared on Medium. Read the original there.  If you have children, you have likely struggled to find...

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Work Left To Be Done: Why Working Motherhood (Still) Affects Wages

This podcast first appeared on the 1A. Listen here.  The U.S. is woefully behind its counterparts when it comes to...

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The Invisible Profession: Caregiving And The Future Of Work

This article first appeared in Forbes, in partnership with Ashoka. Read the original there.  Today’s American families need more caregiving...

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Kupuna Caregivers Program Deserves More Money

This article originally appeared in Honolulu Civil Beat. Read it there. No two caregiving stories are alike: There’s the story...

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Representative Hoadley and Senator O’Brien Honored as 2018 Care Champions

Rep. Hoadley (D-Kalamazoo) is awarded for being the chief sponsor of the Long-Term Care Study Bill (HB 4674) and Senator...

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New York City Council Member Margaret Chin Honored as 2018 Care Champion

Council Member Margaret Chin awarded for her leadership on behalf of seniors, caregivers, and home care workers City Hall Senior...

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Let’s Go All-In on Home Care for All

This piece first appeared in Truthout. Read the original there. Today, there is as much to assist as there is...

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The Shortage Of Home Care Workers: Worse Than You Think

This article originally appeared in Forbes on April 18, 2018. Read it there.  Among society’s most pressing questions with the...

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Culture Change, Tech, and Care at SXSW

Our Culture Change Director, Ishita, took a trip to South by Southwest (SXSW) last month, and brought back lots of...

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