Obama Promotes Importance of Home Health Workers After "Walk A Day in My Shoes"

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

presidential candidate obama promotes importance of home health workers after participating in seiu 'walk a day in my shoes' campaign

ap/houston chronicle

oakland, calif. — with a television crew and photographers in tow, obama spent wednesday morning mopping floors, cleaning cobwebs and preparing breakfast for an 86-year-old amputee while he accompanied a home health care worker on her daily duties.

a day on the job has become a new ritual of the democratic presidential campaign this year, after the powerful 1.9-million-member service employees international union demanded that candidates "walk a day in my shoes" with a union member in order to be considered for endorsement.

on wednesday, it was the illinois senator's turn. obama joined 61-year-old pauline beck as she cared for john thornton, a retired cement mason and widower who lives in a low-income neighborhood of oakland.

"i'm not going to lie to you. it's been awhile," obama said, after mopping the kitchen and bathrooms.

obama took the opportunity to promote the importance of home health care workers and paid sick leave and vacation for service workers, benefits beck said she does not receive.

the next candidate scheduled for time on the job with a union member is clinton, who is to accompany a nurse in las vegas.

[fultzymom]

I saw this on the Today Show the other morning et I was glad. Maybe they need to see what really goes into taking care of these patients to get something done in the Health Care System. All of the people in government needs to do something similar before they go voting on things that effect the Health Care System.

Leslie

[SharonH, RN]

Isn't it interesting that this topic received one tepid reply while Hillary was eviscerated for doing the same thing?

[Spidey's mom, ADN, BSN, RN]

I didn't see it until today.

I'm not voting for either of them because I don't agree with their agendas.

All politicians do this "kiss the baby" stuff. I don't really have a problem with them doing it.

steph

Hi Sharon, btw . . . .:flowersfo

[SharonH, RN]

I didn't see it until today.

I'm not voting for either of them because I don't agree with their agendas.

All politicians do this "kiss the baby" stuff. I don't really have a problem with them doing it.

steph

Hi Sharon, btw . . . .:flowersfo

Awww, you're so sweet! :kiss

[HM2VikingRN, RN]

If we see Mitt Romney or Giuliani working for a day in a health care setting that may indicate real seriousness by Republican candidates about addressing the health care needs of the US. If not anything they say about health care is just smoke and mirrors with no credibility.

[teeituptom, BSN, RN]

Obama does not impress me at all. I personally think he would make a good Republican

[Jolie, BSN]

Obama does not impress me at all. I personally think he would make a good Republican

No Way! We Republicans don't want him! The Democrats can have him!

[HM2VikingRN, RN]

democratic presidential hopefuls john edwards, hillary clinton and barack obama all reacted quickly tuesday to the reports. "what we can do as a nation is to ensure that every american who wants to work is able to find a job, able to afford health care and able to stay out of poverty," obama said.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/census/2007-08-28-income_n.htm

[teeituptom, BSN, RN]

democratic presidential hopefuls john edwards, hillary clinton and barack obama all reacted quickly tuesday to the reports. "what we can do as a nation is to ensure that every american who wants to work is able to find a job, able to afford health care and able to stay out of poverty," obama said.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/census/2007-08-28-income_n.htm

i would love a hillary/john ticket, or maybe a john/hillary ticket

[HM2VikingRN, RN]

Either option sounds good....

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[teeituptom, BSN, RN]

Either option sounds good....

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