Home Health Care News June 17, 2021
“Care cannot wait — and neither should Congress.” That was the message delivered Thursday by Brittany Williams, a professional home care worker and third-generation caregiver from Washington state, during a U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing.
“Even as a child, I could see that care is essential,” Williams told the committee. “It is life-giving work that I am blessed and proud to do. But this job is hard. I always say that home care workers are the maintainers of life, but we can barely survive ourselves.”
The home care worker’s remarks come as members of Congress debate what should be included in a major infrastructure package, with Republicans and some Democrats at odds over possible funding for home- and...
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