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Center for personal assistance services bulletin, January 2009.
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NARIC Accession Number: O17341.
Source: University of California, San Francisco.
Publication Year: 2009.
Number of Pages: 15.
Abstract: Newsletter provides the latest news on issues relating to personal assistance services (PAS), home and community-based services, the PAS workforce, and workplace PAS. In this issue: (1) the Center for PAS received 5-year grant for research on PAS for people with disabilities; (2) Wall Street Journal article tells of service cuts for elderly and the disabled; (3) Medicare information for caregivers; (4) new Internet resource for California caregivers of veterans; (5) the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid issues a final rule allowing states to use Medicaid funds for consumer-directed services without a Medicaid waiver; (6) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention includes caregiver questions in national health survey questionnaire; (7) real wages falling for personal and home care aides; (8) New York Times article shows personal cost of caregiving for disabled veterans; (9) Steve Gold reviews nursing home data; (10) new Medicaid waiver for Kentucky; (11) the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008; (12) new resources on the Center for PAS website; (13) policy and legislation; (14) research articles and reports, and (15) selected conferences during January, February, and March 2009.
Descriptor Terms: ACCOMMODATION, ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY, ATTENDANT CARE, CAREGIVERS, COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES, HOME BASED, INFORMATION RESOURCES, INTERNET, LONG TERM CARE, NURSING HOMES, PERSONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES, .
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Availability: http://www.pascenter.org/newsletter/|http://www.pascenter.org/newsletter/CenterforPASBulletinJan09.pdf|.
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