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Multiple IHSS caregivers urge county funding increases, warn of service loss
Summary
Dozens of IHSS caregivers and recipients addressed the Board of Supervisors, urging increased county funding to retain providers and warning that service losses would push care recipients into nursing homes or emergency care.
Dozens of in‑home supportive services (IHSS) caregivers and clients urged Shasta County supervisors Aug. 26 to commit additional county funding to raise wages and retain providers, saying a shortage of caregivers threatens to push people into nursing homes, emergency rooms or the criminal-justice system.
More than a dozen public commenters described long tenures as caregivers, years of experience in health care and the value of IHSS in helping medically vulnerable residents remain…
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