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GROUP SEEKS WAGE INCREASE FOR HOME HEALTH CARE WORKERS
Shannon Wygant of Home Instead Senior Carespeaks at
veteran luncheon concerning benefits. -Laurie Puscas/Special to The Oakland
Press An advocacy group representing low-income seniors and
disabled residents is pressing lawmakers to boost wages and training and provide
benefits for Michigan's estimated 42,000 home care workers. In her proposed
2007 budget, Gov. Jennifer Granholm is calling for $20 million to increase wages
for home care workers. A state Senate panel Tuesday heard testimony on the
proposal, which has yet to be put in bill form, with home care workers, seniors
and the disabled descending on Lansing from across the state. In Lansing on
Tuesday to show her support was Eva Reynolds of Lathrup Village. She's paid
$616.19 per month by the state to take care of a 23-year-old whose severe mental
and physical disabilities leave him with the abilities of a 7-month-old baby.
She estimated she works eight hours a day, !
seven days a week.

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http://www.theoaklandpress.com/stories/030106/loc_2006030102.shtml

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