Briefly Noted
Briefly Noted
• A recent study of average hourly wages in 20 occupations that are projected to provide the most jobs in Wisconsin from 1996 to 2006 shows home health aides at $7.52 an hour. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel survey showed other occupations with workers at less than home health aides as cashiers ($6.73 per hour), waiters and waitresses ($5.68 per hour), child care workers ($7.05 per hour), and food preparation workers ($6.81 per hour). Highest on the list were general managers and top executives ($26.57 per hour).
• This past August, the Georgia Association of Home Health Agencies broke up, unable to retain a membership that dwindled due to closures or budget cuts. The association had only 35 members when it closed. Georgia's 63 freestanding home health agencies now have an offer to be represented by the Georgia's hospital association. The Georgia Hospital and Health Systems Association, according to Modern Healthcare, represents Georgia's 38 hospital-based home health agencies.
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