06/01/2009
"Marilyn Daniel's Reward," Washington Post magazine feature on a DC home health aide, illuminates in a humanizing way, the critical role these often unsung workers play in allowing frail older people to age in place with dignity. It can be read at: (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/01/AR2009050101793.html?sid=ST2009050803182)
She works long hours for low wages as a home health aide -- a job so demanding and underappreciated that others leave in droves. So why hasn't she?
