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		<title>Middle-aged Americans report lots more mobility impairments</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/04/08/more-mobility-impairments-29090/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trend is troubling, experts say From HealthDay News/Business Week, RAND Corp. news release, Health Affairs: The proportion of Americans aged 50-64 who say they need help with personal care activities has increased significantly, according to a study by the RAND Corporation and the University of Michigan. The reason for the increase is not clear, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Column: &#8216;A CLASS Act deserves support&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a column in the Oakland [CA] Tribune, Washington insiders Cokie and Steven V. Roberts call for approval of the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act. The measure, part of the health care bill, would allow workers to pay into a fund that would then pay a stipend if they become disabled. CLASS, they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge halts cuts to in-home services in California</title>
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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>Audit: Mass. home health system leaves vulnerable at risk</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/10/16/ma-home-health-risk-24223/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Boston Globe: A Massachusetts program overseeing home health aides for seniors and people with disabilities is marked by fraud and crime, according to a report from the state&#8217;s auditor. Some home health workers were found to have committed felonies, including manslaughter, assault, and threatening to commit murder. Auditors also found that Massachusetts&#8217; Medicaid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CA advocates sue to block massive cuts in home care services</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/10/01/ca-advocates-lawsuit-23344/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Los Angeles Times&#8217; LA Now blog: Advocates filed suit in federal court in San Francisco today to block more than $53 million in impending California budget cuts that would eliminate or drastically reduce the in-home services received by more than 130,000 disabled and elderly people. Among services to be cut are help with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seeking equality in medical care</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/08/07/medical-care-21471/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rebecca L. Taylor, an Ohio direct care worker, writes in the Chillicothe [OH] Gazette that her clients with developmental disabilities face discrimination and dismissive neglect when seeking help from medical professionals and emergency room staff. She says she expects doctors and nurses to &#8220;treat these persons with the same dignity and respect you and I [...]]]></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>
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		<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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		<title>Downturn puts &#8216;chokehold&#8217; on caregivers</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/06/09/caregivers-caught-in-downturn-18104/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the New York Times: A national survey finds that the economic crisis has dealt a heavy blow to the estimated 44 million Americans who care for an aging or disabled relative or spouse. One in six caregivers surveyed by the National Alliance for Caregiving and Evercare, a division of the UnitedHealth Group,  said they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thousands protest home care cuts in California</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/05/23/california-protest-17110/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 12:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Los Angeles Times &#8216;LA Now&#8217; blog: Three thousand state workers and advocates gathered in downtown Los Angeles yesterday to protest California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger&#8217;s proposed cuts to the state home-care program. The state plans to cut wages for state workers from $12.35 to $8 per hour and reduce the number of hours. Parents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Columnist: Cutting funds for assistants will cost more in long run</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/05/07/columnist-state-cuts-15846/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 15:38:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anne Henry]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gail Rosenblum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota Disability Law Center]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune columnist Gail Rosenblum says proposed cuts of almost 10 percent from Minnesota&#8217;s personal care assistance (PCA) program would affect, and potentially harm, at least half of the 14,000 Minnesotans with disabilities who need services. She says proposals for deep cuts in the program would seem to be &#8220;a classic case of [...]]]></description>
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