Home Care Provider Appreciation Month 2016

November is Provider Appreciation Month, and this year UDW is thanking caregivers for everything we do. UDW caregivers are not only home care providers for our clients, but we’re strong advocates for seniors, people with disabilities, and our families.

Our work is high stress, but it’s also high reward. We are professional home care workers who spend our days looking after the health and safety of our clients. We are there day after day with quality in-home care to make sure they are happy and able to remain in their homes.

But UDW caregivers go above and beyond. Not only do we care for our clients, but we work together and win victories that have a positive impact on their lives. And we don’t just advocate for home care recipients, we stand up for our fellow IHSS providers and our families as well.

Last year, we helped secure overtime pay for IHSS providers, and this year thousands of us have benefited from that hard fought battle. In 2016, we also worked together and won an extended restoration of our IHSS clients’ hours of care – ending the harmful 7% cut for three more years. In April, we helped win a path to a $15 an hour minimum wage and paid sick days for IHSS providers. And we started our work to help providers who care for their child or spouse win Social Security, Medicare, and unemployment pay – basic benefits these family caregivers are currently denied. We’ve proved time and time again that UDW caregivers are stronger together. (Read more about our victories here.)

We’ve faced home care threats, but united we’ve come out stronger than ever. That’s why this month, UDW doesn’t just want to thank caregivers for the work we do as home care providers – but also the work we do to protect and strengthen the home care program.

Check out a Provider Appreciation Month event in your area. And once again, thank you, Caregivers!

Riverside County – November 3^rd – 10am to 3pm – RSVP: 866-417-7300

El Dorado County – November 3^rd – 6pm to 8pm – RSVP: 888-228-0837

Butte County – November 4^th – 12pm to 2pm – RSVP: 530-894-2702

Santa Barbara & San Luis Obispo Counties – November 5^th – 12pm to 3pm – RSVP: 877-369-6505

Stanislaus County – November 10^th – 11am to 2pm –RSVP: 866-307-7271

Nevada County – November 10^th – 6pm to 8pm – RSVP: 888-228-0837

Kern County – November 12^th – 12pm to 3pm – RSVP: 800-851-7272

San Diego County – November 15^th – 3pm to 7pm – RSVP: 800-621-5016

Madera County – November 15^th – 11am to 2pm – RSVP: 559-395-4772

Merced County – November 17^th – 11am to 2pm – RSVP: 866-255-7313

Sutter County – November 17^th – 6pm to 8pm – RSVP: 888-228-0837

Imperial County – November 17^th – 3:30pm to 7:30pm – RSVP: 760-425-4034

Orange County – November 18^th – 11am to 4pm – RSVP: 877-483-9937

Riverside County – November 18^th – 10am to 3pm – 866-417-7300

Placer County – December 8^th – 6pm to 8pm – RSVP: 888-228-0837