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		<title>NJ to create registry of abusive caregivers</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/05/04/nj-abusive-caregivers-29518/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 16:43:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From NJ.com: New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has signed legislation designed to identify caregivers who neglect or exploit people with disabilities under their care. The measure will create a statewide registry, as well as an emergency hotline for reports of suspected abuse. It follows the 2008  death of Tara O&#8217;Leary, a 28-year-old woman with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Survey: Caregiving falls to families</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/12/11/caregiving-families-26471/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Joseph Shapiro on National Public Radio&#8217;s health blog: A new study finds that nearly one in three American adults serves as a caregiver for an elderly or disabled loved one, performing what amounts to an unpaid half-time job. On average, those caregivers spend about 19 hours a week providing care. The survey, sponsored by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Couple develops iPhone software for monitoring kids with autism</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/11/19/iphone-app-25554/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Steven and Elizabeth Maher]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Scranton [PA] Times-Tribune: A Pennsylvania couple whose daughter has autism have developed an iPhone application that allows a caretaker to keep a digital record of a child&#8217;s responses to Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). Behavior Tracker Pro streamlines the process of documenting a child&#8217;s behavior, making it unnecessary for a caregiver to take notes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rosa Monckton: Caregivers driven to the breaking point</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/11/10/rosa-monckton-25190/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:45:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rosa Monckton, whose 14-year-old daughter has Down syndrome, writes in the [UK] Daily Mail that the parents of children with disabilities face a shameful lack of support that is &#8220;driving some to breaking point &#8211; and even murder.&#8221; Monckton&#8217;s new documentary, &#8220;When Mother&#8217;s Love Is Not Enough,&#8221; documents the pressures faced by parents who have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge halts cuts to in-home services in California</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/10/20/judge-halts-cuts-24408/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sacramento Bee, Los Angeles Times, Oakland Tribune, and elsewhere: A federal judge on Monday halted a California budget plan to cut or reduce caregiver services for 130,000 seniors and people with disabilities. U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken sided with plaintiffs in a class action suit who had argued that the state had not developed a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unconventional advice for caregivers</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/08/04/unconventional-advice-21236/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the St. Petersburg Times: A Florida couple offers advice to caregiving spouses who have reached the breaking point: Get out of &#8220;caregiver hell&#8221; and move on. Both Rhonda, 42, and David Travland, 68, were previously married to chronically ill spouses who required extensive medical care. Each opted for divorce, putting their former spouses in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Editorial: Fair pay needed for caregivers</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/11/editorial-fair-pay-caregivers-20005/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the New York Times editorial board: Home care aides, who typically assist elderly and disabled clients, are among the most underpaid and overworked people in the work force, say the editors. Most make less than $10 an hour and are routinely denied overtime pay. As a result, those who rely on caregivers are plagued [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Caregivers worry: Will rise in adults with autism swamp system?</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/06/29/adults-with-autism-19322/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sacramento Bee: Parents and disability advocates say they&#8217;re worried about the tidal wave of young people with autism who are moving toward adulthood in a society unprepared to meet their needs. Nationally, it is estimated that some 380,000 people will need extensive adult autism services by 2023, and the pricetag for their care [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Column: &#8216;Funds for disabled poorly spent&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/06/29/funding-19263/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Illinois Department of Human Services Division of Developmental Disabilities]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peoria Journal Star columnist Terry Bibo writes that the state of Illinois has spent $10 million over the past seven years to remodel and maintain a vacant institution that once housed people with developmental disabilities. And yet, even as the institution sits furnished and empty, the state keeps cutting back on its already meager funding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Few medically fragile Texans qualify for home care</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/06/22/texas-home-care-18896/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/06/22/texas-home-care-18896/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:35:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Emily Ramshaw in the Dallas Morning News, AP/Houston Chronicle: Disability advocates say medically fragile Texas children are being forced into institutions when they reach adulthood rather than continuing to receive home care, despite a state provision that was designed to keep them in their homes. Advocates say state officials are interpreting the provision so [...]]]></description>
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