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Information for PAS Users Photo of PAS user and their Personal Assistant

Personal Assistance Services (PAS) can be crucial to your ability to live independently. Whether you are new to PAS or have been using them for years, you may have questions or need more information.

The Center for Personal Assistance Services has gathered resources for you to find out what you need to know about Personal Assistance Services


Training Resources


Promising Practices

Below are the promising practices relating to PAS Users.


PAS Center Reports and Publications

A list of publications produced by the PAS Users project. The citations provide links to abstracts, press releases, and either the entire publication, or information about where to obtain it.

All PAS Center reports and publications related to PAS Users

Recent additions

Misra, S., Orslene, L.E. & Walls, R.T. (2010). Personal assistance services (PAS) for workers with disabilities: Views and experiences of employers. Journal of Rehabilitation, 76, 1, 22-27.
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LaPlante, M.P. (2010). The classic measure of disability in activities of daily living is biased by age but an expanded IADL/ADL measure is not. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 10.1093/geronb/gbp129
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Ng, T., Harrington, C. & O’Malley, M. (November 2009). Medicaid Home and Community-Based Service Programs: Data Update. Washington, D.C.: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. Retrieved December 8, 2009, from:
http://www.kff.org/medicaid/7720.cfm
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Library

Important publications related to PAS Users. Abstracts and information on how to obtain the complete publication is provided with each citation.

All PAS User publications

Recent additions:

Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc. (March 2010). CMS Sanctions Missouri Medicaid for Overly Restrictive Home Health Standards. CMA Weekly Alert, March 11, 2010. Washington, DC: Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc. Retrieved on March 11, 2010 from:
http://www.medicareadvocacy.org/InfoByTopic/MedicaidAndRelatedTopics/MedicaidandRT_10_03.11.MedicaidAndHomeHealth.htm
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Anderson, G. (February 2010). Chronic Care: Making the Case for Ongoing Care. Princeton, NJ: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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Misra, S., Orslene, L.E. & Walls, R.T. (2010). Personal assistance services (PAS) for workers with disabilities: Views and experiences of employers. Journal of Rehabilitation, 76, 1, 22-27.
View Abstract and Obtain Full Version


Presentations

A list of important presentations related to the PAS Users.

All PAS Users Presentations

Recent additions:

Jans, L.H., Kraus, L.E., & Stoddard, S. (2007, November 5). Personal assistance services (PAS) cooperatives: A service delivery model to benefit PAS consumers and workers.. Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting & Exposition hosted by American Public Health Association (APHA).
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Kraus, L.E., Jans, L.H., Ripple, J., & Stoddard, S. (2007, November 5). The perspectives of people with disabilities who use workplace personal assistance service. . Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting & Exposition hosted by American Public Health Association (APHA).
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Kraus, L. (2007, November 6). New promising practices in workplace personal assistance services. Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting & Exposition hosted by American Public Health Association (APHA).
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Links

The Center for PAS has assembled a list of links to organizations, resources and information available on the web related to PAS Users.

All PAS User links

Recent additions:

Caring for a Person with Alzheimer's Disease
http://www.nia.nih.gov/NR/rdonlyres/6A0E9F3C-E429-4F03-818E-D1B60235D5F8/0/100711_LoRes2.pdf

This guide is for people who care for family members or others with Alzheimer's disease (AD) at home. Includes information about how AD changes a person; coping with these changes; helping family and friends understand AD; making your home safe for the person with AD; and managing everyday activities like eating, bathing, dressing and grooming.

Disaster Resources for People with Disabilities
http://www.jik.com/disaster.html

Emergency Preparedness for with disabilities, their families and support networks. Covers specific individual preparedness for people with disabilities and activity limitations and content includes:

  • Guides
  • Hazard Specific
  • Lessons Documented
  • Specific Functional Need Focus
  • Forms, Checklists, Tools, Samples, etc.
  • Videos
  • General Preparedness Information

Emergency Preparedness Initiative - a program of the National Organization on Disability
http://www.nod.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageId=1564

Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, NOD launched the Emergency Preparedness Initiative (EPI) to ensure that emergency managers address disability concerns and that people with disabilities are included in all levels of emergency preparedness including planning, response, and recovery.

EPI has since become a nationally recognized leader in emergency preparedness for people with disabilities and special needs through the delivery of national outreach, education, and awareness programs. Additionally, EPI offers training programs to ensure that preparedness officials across the country include people with disabilities in their emergency planning, preparation, response and recovery activities at the community level. EPI works to ensure that people with disabilities take an active role in emergency plan development and practice before, during, and after emergencies.