APA
Works with Coalition to Urge Congress to Expand the Eldercare
Workforce as Part of Health Reform
APA
worked as a member of the Eldercare Workforce Alliance (EWA)
to coordinate an exciting federal advocacy day to urge Congress
to expand and enhance the health care workforce for older
adults as part of federal health reform efforts. EWA is a
group of 29 national organizations, joined together to address
the immediate and future workforce crisis in caring for an
aging America. The EWA advocacy activities included Capitol
Hill visits with key congressional offices responsible for
health reform. Each of these congressional visits included
an interdisciplinary team of EWA experts and advocates (representing
both the professional and direct care workforce) who focused
on the EWA health reform priorities, including several bills/provisions
that APA was instrumental in drafting and securing in the
HELP Committee draft bill. In addition, EWA purchased a full
page color advertisement in Roll Call Newspaper highlighting
our collective health reform priorities and encouraging congressional
support for these initiatives. Finally, EWA coordinated a
national congressional call-in day for grassroots advocates
from around the country.
Learn
more about EWA and our advocacy efforts.
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