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		<title>&#8216;Our homes, not nursing homes,&#8217; disability activists tell Obama</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/08/10/our-homes-not-nursing-homes-disability-activists-tell-obama-29970/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 06:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Choice Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NOT2BEMISSED]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Austin American Statesman and the paper&#8217;s Postcards blog: Disability activists were among the crowd that turned out to greet the President in Texas Monday, shouting protests about an unfulfilled campaign promise to ensure home-based support programs. &#8220;Our homes, not nursing homes,&#8221; they chanted, waving a banner from a curbside perch along the route [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deep state budget cuts put people with disabilities at risk</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/07/20/states-cut-home-care-29817/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[community services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elderly]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the nation prepares to mark the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act next week, the New York Times presents disturbing evidence that cash-strapped states are dismantling home-care services that have been helping elderly people and those with disabilities to live in their communities. Since the start of the recession, at least 25 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>States lag in moving people out of nursing homes</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/04/27/states-lag-nursing-homes-29337/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 04:12:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adult living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NOT2BEMISSED]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nursing homes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From National Public Radio/Kaiser Health News: In 2005, when Congress funded a $1.3 billion initiative to move people out of nursing homes and long-term-care facilities, it was anticipated that more than 37,000 moves would be completed by the year 2013. But state data collected by Kaiser Health News shows that only 5,774 people have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>91 ADAPT protesters arrested at White House</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/04/27/91-adapt-arrested-29327/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 03:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community Choice Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[independent living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NOT2BEMISSED]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From AP/USA Today, ABC News, Politico.com,  Washington Post: Authorities say they have arrested 91 people who gathered at the White House, many in wheelchairs, to protest what they termed the administration&#8217;s failure to provide sufficient support for the Community Choice Act. The legislation would allow people with long-term disabilities to use federal funding to pay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Class Act&#8217; expands options for long-term care</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/03/30/class-act-expands-options-28969/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/03/30/class-act-expands-options-28969/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[chronic illness]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[NOT2BEMISSED]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[long-term care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seniors]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the New York Times: &#8220;A little-remarked but potentially transformational provision&#8221; of the new health care law is the Class Act, which provides for people with long-term disabilities, writes Paula Span. The measure sets up the first national government-run long-term care insurance program, allowing workers to pay into a fund that would pay a stipend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disability advocates plead with Kansas to restore Medicaid cuts</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/02/12/disability-advocates-kansas-28011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[advocacy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Lawrence [KS] Journal-World, WDAF Kansas City, KWCH-TV Kansas City: Kansas disability rights advocates pleaded with state lawmakers to roll back a planned 10 percent cut in Medicaid funding, saying that the $22.7 million reduction would put the lives of vulnerable people at risk. At a Capitol news conference Friday, advocates said the proposed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Column: &#8216;A CLASS Act deserves support&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/12/17/class-act-column-26809/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/12/17/class-act-column-26809/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elderly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health aides/direct support workers]]></category>
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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>Murder case highlights danger of mixing felons, vulnerable adults</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/12/17/mixing-felons-vulnerable-26755/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/12/17/mixing-felons-vulnerable-26755/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[criminal justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dementia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment/jobs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Chicago Tribune: A convicted felon has been charged with the murder of a dementia patient at an Illinois nursing home, exposing the dangerous mix of violent and vulnerable residents at residential facilities in that state. Ardyce Nauden, 62, has been charged with homicide in the beating death of 72-year-old Andres Cardona, who wandered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mental health advocates push for nursing home reform</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/10/31/advocates-push-illinois-24885/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/10/31/advocates-push-illinois-24885/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:23:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[mental health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Chicago Tribune: Mental health advocates in Illinois are seeking a major overhaul in the way the state manages patients with mental illness, arguing that the state should not be placing people in nursing homes when they could be treated more cheaply and effectively in community settings. The volatile mix of felons, mentally ill [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disability protesters arrested in Atlanta</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/10/14/disability-protesters-arrested-24067/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/10/14/disability-protesters-arrested-24067/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Olmstead decision]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: A handful of protesters were arrested in the courtyard of the Sam Nunn Federal Center in Atlanta Tuesday during a demonstration calling for better long-term care options for people with disabilities. Representatives of the Office of Homeland Security refused to disclose how many had been arrested and whether they were being [...]]]></description>
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