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PAS Center Publications

This is a list of reports and publications produced by the Center for PAS. The citations have links to abstracts, press releases, and either a link to the entire publication or information about how to obtain it.

State Chart Book On Wages For Personal And Home Care Aides, 1999‐2006. (July 2008) Prepared for the Center for Personal Assistance Services by the Public Health Institute (PHI).
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Barrett, J. (2007). Leadership Stories from Maine: The Voices of Direct-Care Workers in Culture Change. Bronx, NY: National Clearinghouse on the Direct Care Workforce, Northern New England LEADS Institute. Retrieved Dec. 9, 2007 from:
http://www.directcareclearinghouse.org/l_art_det.jsp?res_id=265110
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Beynon, M. & Kitchener, M. (2005). Ranking the 'balance' of state long-term care systems: A comparative exposition of the SMARTER and CaRBS techniques. Health Care Management Science, Pgs. 157-166.
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Carder, P.C. & Hernandez, M. (2004). Consumer discourse in assisted living. Journal of Gerontology, Volume 59B(2), Pgs. S58-S67.
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Carpenter, G.I., Hastie, C. L., Morris, J.N., Fries, B.E. & Ankri, J. (2005). Measuring change in activities of daily living in nursing home residents with moderate to severe cognitive impairment. BMC Geriatrics.
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Chapman, S., Kaye, S., & Newcomer, R. (2004) Home and Personal Care Workers by State. Published on the Center for PAS website http://pascenter.org/state_based_stats/acs_workforce_state.php
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Collier, E. and Harrington, C. Discharge planning, nursing home placement, and the internet. Nursing Outlook. 53(2): 95-103.
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Dalby, D.M., Kirdes, J.P.; Fries, B.E. (2005) Risk adjustment methods for home care quality indicators (HCQIs) based on the minimum data set for home care. BMC Health Services Research.
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Flores, C. and Newcomer, R. 2006. Toward a Framework for Monitoring the Quality of Care in Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly. Seniors Housing & Care Journal, 14 (1):59-72.
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Fries, B.E., James, M., Hammer, S.S., Shugarman, L.R., Morris, J.N. 2004. Is Telephone Screening Feasible? Accuracy and Cost-Effectiveness of Identifying Persons Medically Eligible for Home- and Community-Based Services. The Gerontologist, 44(5):680-688.
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Gamble, M.J., Dowler, D.L., & Orslene, L.E. (2006). Assistive technology: Choosing the right tool for the right job. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 24(2), 73-80.
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Grossman, B., M. Kitchener, J. Mullan, and C. Harrington. 2007. Paid Personal Assistance Services: An Exploratory Study of Working Age Consumers' Perspectives. Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 19 (3): 27-45.
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Harrington, C. & Ng, T. (August 2008). Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Data, 2004. Published on the Center for PAS website: http://pascenter.org/medicaid/index.php
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Harrington, C. (2005). Long Term Care Staff and Quality of Care. Published on the Center for PAS website.
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Harrington, C., & O'Meara, J. (2007) Snapshot: The Changing Face of California's Nursing Home Industry. California HealthCare Foundation, Oakland, CA.
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Harrington, C., and O'Meara, J. (2005). Snapshot: California's Fragile Nursing Home Industry. California Healthcare Foundation, Oakland, CA.
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Harrington, C., Anzaldo, S., Burdin, A., Kitchener, M. and Miller, M. 2005. Trends in State Certificate of Need and Moratoria Programs for Long Term Care Providers. Journal of Health and Social Policy, 19 (2):31-58.
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Harrington, C., Carrillo, H., & LaCava, C. (2006). Nursing Facilities, Staffing, Residents, and Facility Deficiencies, 1999 through 2005. University of California, San Francisco.
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Harrington, C., Carrillo, H., & Mercado-Scott, C. (2005). Nursing facilities, staffing, residents, and facility deficiencies, 1998 through 2004. University of California, San Francisco.
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Harrington, C., Chapman, S., Miller, E., Miller, N., and Newcomer, R. (2005). Trends in the supply of long-term-care facilities and beds in the United States. Journal of Applied Gerontology 24(4) 265-282.
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Harrington, C., O'Meara, J., Tsoukalas, T., & Ng, T. (2007) Snapshot: Long Term Care, Facts and Figures. California HealthCare Foundation, Oakland, CA.
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Harrington, C., O’Meara, J. (2004). Report on California's Nursing Homes, Home Health Agencies, and Hospice Programs Prepared for the California HealthCare Foundation for California Nursing Home Search - www.calnhs.org. Retrieved from the Center for PAS website http://pascenter.org/documents/CCIS_Overview.pdf
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Harrington, C., O’Meara, J., Collier, E., Kang, T., Stephens, C. & Chang, J. (2008) Impact of California's Medi-Cal Long Term Care Reimbursement Act On Access, Quality and Costs. Published on the Center for PAS website.
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Harrington, C., Swan, J.H., and Carrillo, H. 2007. Nursing Staffing and Medicaid Reimbursement Rates. Health Services Research, 42 (3): 1105-1129.
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Hendricks, D.J., Batiste, L.C., Hirsh, A.E., Schartz, H.,A Blanck, P. 2005. Cost and Effectiveness of Accommodations in the Workplace: Preliminary Results of a Nationwide Study. Disability Studies Quarterly, 25(4), http://www.dsq-sds.org/2005_fall_toc.html
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Hewitt, A., Edelstein, S., Seavey, D., Morris, J. & Hoge, M. (2007). Direct Support Professional Work Group Report. Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Commission for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse. Retrieved Dec. 9, 2007 from: http://www.directcareclearinghouse.org/l_art_det.jsp?res_id=265010
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Jacobs, A. E.,Hendricks, D. J. (1992) Job accommodations for adults with learning disabilities: Brilliantly disguised opportunities.Learning Disability Quarterly. 15(4) 274-285.
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Jans, L. & Kraus, L. 2007. Personal Assistance Services (PAS) Cooperatives: An Annotated Bibliography.
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Jans, L., & Kraus, L. (2007). Annotated bibliography of literature on personal assistance service cooperatives. Center for Personal Assistance Services.
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Jans, L., & Scherer, M. (2006). Assistive technology training: Diverse audiences and multidisciplinary content. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 1(1-2), 69-77.
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Jans., L. (November, 2007). Personal Assistance Services (PAS) Cooperatives: Final Report. Center for Personal Assistance Services.
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Job Accommodation Network, Center for Personal Assistance Services (2004). Personal Assistance Services (PAS) in the Workplace. Retrieved July 7, 2004 from http://www.jan.wvu.edu/media/PAS.html.
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Kang, T., & Harrington, C. 2008. Variation in types of service use and expenditures for individuals with developmental disabilities. Disability and Health Journal 1(2008) 30-41.
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Kaye, H.S., Chapman, S., Newcomer, R.J. & Harrington, C. (2006). The personal assistance workforce: Trends in supply and demand. Health Affairs, 25, 4, 1113-1120.
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Kitchener M., Beynon, M., & Harrington, C. (2004). Explaining the Diffusion of Medicaid Home Care Waiver Programs Using VPRS Decision Rules. Healthcare Management Science 7/3: 237-244.
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Kitchener, M, Hernandez, M, Ng, T, & Harrington, C (2006). Residential Care Provision in Medicaid Home and Community Based Waivers: A National Suty of Program Trends. The Gerontologist, 46, 165-172.
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Kitchener, M. and Harrington, C. 2004. The U.S. Long Term Care Field: A Dialectic Analysis of Institution Dynamics. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 45 (Supplement 1): 87-101.
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Kitchener, M., Bostrom, A., & Harrington, C. (2004) Smoke Without Fire: Nursing Facility Closures, 1997-2001. Inquiry 41/2: 189-202.
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Kitchener, M., Carrillo. H., & Harrington, C. (2004). Medicaid Community-Based Programs: A Longitudinal Analysis of State Variation in Expenditures and Utilization. Inquiry, 40, 375-389.
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Kitchener, M., Ng, T. and Harrington, C. 2007. State Medicaid Home Care Policies: Inside the Black Box. Home Health Care Quarterly, 26 (3): 23-38.
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Kitchener, M., Ng, T., Lee, H.Y. and Harrington, H. (2008) Assistive Technology in Medicaid Home-and Community-Based Waiver Programs. The Gerontologist 48:181-189 (2008).
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Kitchener, M., Ng, T., & Harrington, C. (2004) Medicaid 1915(c) Home and Community Based Services Waivers: A National Survey of Eligibility Criteria, Caps and Waiting Lists. Home Health Care Services Quarterly 23/2: 55-69.
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Kitchener, M., Ng, T., and Harrington, C. 2007. Medicaid State Plan Personal Care Services: Trends in Programs and Policies. Journal of Health and Social Policy, 19 (3): 9-26.
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Kitchener, M., Ng, T., and Harrington, C. 2007. Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services for the Elderly: Trends in Programs and Policies. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 26 (3): 303-324.
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Kitchener, M., Ng, T., Carrillo, H. and Harrington, C. 2007. A Longitudinal Analysis of State Variation in the Provision of Personal Care Services. Inquiry. In press.
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Kitchener, M., Ng, T., Carrillo, H., Miller, N., and Harrington, C. (2007). Developing personal care programs: National trends and interstate variation, 1992-2002. Inquiry 44, 69-87.
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Kitchener, M., Ng, T., Grossman, B., & Harrington, C. (2005) Medicaid Waiver Programs for Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injury. Journal of Health and Social Policy 20/3: 51-66
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Kitchener, M., Ng, T., Miller, N. & Harrington C. (2006). Institutional and community-based long-term care: A comparative estimate of public costs. Journal of Health & Social Policy, Vol. 22(2): 31-50. 2006.
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Kitchener, M., Ng, T., Miller, N., & Harrington, C. (2005). Medicaid Home And Community-Based Services: National Program Trends. Health Affairs. 24(1) 206-212.
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Kitchener, M., O’Meara, J., Brody, A., Lee, H.Y., Harrington, C. (2007). Shareholder Value and the Performance of a Large Nursing Home Chain. Health Services Research. In press.
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Kitchener, M., Willmott, M. & Harrington, C. (11/2004). Home and Community-Based Services: Medicaid Research and Demonstration Waivers. Published on the Center for PAS website: http://pascenter.org/demo_waivers/demoWaiverReport_2004.php
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Kitchener, M., Willmott, M., & Harrington, C. (11/2004). Home and Community-Based Service Programs: Selected Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grants to States. Published on the Center for PAS website: http://www.pascenter.org/foundation_grants/index.php
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Kitchener, M., Willmott, M., Alameida, M., Wong, A. and Harrington, C. (2006). Introduction to Olmstead Lawsuits and Olmstead Plans. Retrieved from http://pascenter.org/olmstead/index.php
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Kitchener, M., Willmott, M., Wong, A. & Harrington, C. (11/2006). Federal Systems Change Grants to States and Territories: 2001-2005. Retrieved from http://pascenter.org/systemschange/index.php
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Kitchener, M., Willmott, M., Wong, A. & Harrington, C. (11/2006). Home and Community-Based Services: Medicaid Research and Demonstration Waivers. Published on the Center for PAS website. http://pascenter.org/demo_waivers/demoWaiverReport_2006.php
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Kitchener, M., Willmott, M., Wong, A. & Harrington, C. (4/2007). Home and Community-Based Services: Federal Funding to States. Published on the Center for PAS Website: http://www.pascenter.org/federal_funding_to_states/
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Kitchener, M., Willmott, M., Wong, A., & Harrington, C. (December 2006) Medicaid Managed Long-Term Care: An Introduction.
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Kitchener, M., Wong, A., Willmott, M. & and Harrington, C. (2/2007). Home & Community-Based Services: State-Only Funded Programs. Published on the Center for PAS website: http://pascenter.org/state_funded/index.php
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Koehler, M., Rabinowitz, T., Hirdes, J., Stones, M., Carpenter, G.I., Fries, B.E., Morris, J.N., Jones, R.N. (2005). Measuring depression in nursing home residents with the MDS and GDS: An observational psychometric study. BMC Geriatrics.
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LaPlante, M., Kaye, H.S., Kang, T., and Harrington, C. (2004). Unmet need for personal assistance services: Estimating the shortfall in hours of help and adverse consequences. J. Gerontol. B. Psychol. Sci. Soc. Sci. 2004 59: S98-S108.
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LaPlante, M.P., Harrington, C., & Kang, T. (2002). Estimating paid and unpaid hours of personal assistance services in activities of daily living provided to adults living at home. Health Services Research, 37(2): 397-415.
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LaPlante, M.P., Kaye, H.S. and Harrington, C. 2007. Estimating the Expense of a Mandatory Home- and Community-Based Personal Assistance Services Benefit Under Medicaid. Journal of Health and Social Policy, 19 (3): 47-64.
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Li, L.W. and Fries, B.E. 2005. Elder Disability as an Explanation of Racial Differences in Informal Home Care. Gerontologist, 45(2): 206-215.
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Miller, N.A. 2005. State Strategies to Support Community Based Long Term Care, Journal of Health and Social Policy, 20 (4): 1-30.
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Miller, N.A. and Weinstein, M. 2007. Participation and Knowledge Related to a Nursing Home Admission Decision among a Working Age Population. Social Science & Medicine, 64 (2):303-313.
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Miller, N.A., Elder, K.T., Kitchener, M., Kang, Y and Harrington, C. (2008). Medicaid 1915(c) Waiver Use and Expenditures for Persons Living With HIV/AIDS. Medical Care Research and Review, Vol. 65, No. 3, 338-355 (2008)
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Miller, N.A., Rubin, A., Elder, K.T., Kitchener, M., and Harrington, C. 2006. Strengthening Home and Community Based Care Through Medicaid Waivers. Journal of Health and Social Policy, 18 (1): 1-16.
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Miller, NA, Elder, KT, Rubin, A, Kitchener, M, & Harrington, C (2006). Strengthening Home and Community Based Care Through Medicaid Waivers. Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 18, 1-16.
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Miller, NA, Kitchener, M, Elder, KT, Kang, Y, Rubin, A, & Harrington, C (2005). Variation by Disability in State Predictors of Medicaid 1915c Waiver Use and Expenditures. The Gerontologist, 45, 764-772.
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Misra, S., Orslene, L.E., & Walls, R.T. 2007. Personal Assistance Services for Workers with Disabilities: Views and Experiences of Rehabilitation Service Providers. Disability Studies Quarterly, 27(3), http://www.dsq-sds.org/2007_summer_toc.html
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Newcomer, R. T. Clay, K. Yaffe, K. Covinsky. 2005. Medicare Expenditures at the End of Life for Persons with Dementia. Journal of the American Geriatric Society, 53 (11): 2001-2006.
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Newcomer, R., Graham, C.G., Sotelo, E., Anderson, L. (2004) Nursing Home Transition: Implementing the Program Providing Assistance to Caregivers in Transition (PACT) Published on the Center for PAS website.
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Newcomer, R., Kang, T., LaPlante, M., and Kaye, S. (2005). Living quarters and unmet need for personal care assistance among adults with disabilities. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 60B(4): S205-S213.
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Newcomer, R., T. Kang, C. Graham. 2007. Outcomes in a nursing home transition case management program targeting new admissions. Gerontologist, 46: 385-390.
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Newcomer, R.J., Covinsky, T., Clay, K., and Yaffe, K. 2003. Predicting 12-Month Mortality for Persons with Dementia. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 58(3):S187-S198.
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Ng, T., Kitchener, M., and Harrington, C. (2005). Medicaid Home Care Waivers for Persons with HIV/AIDS: Program Expenditures, Participants and Policies. AIDS and Public Policy Journal 19/3,4: 95-109
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Ripple, J.M. & Stoddard, S. (2005). California Statewide Independent Living Needs Assessment 2003-2004. California State Independent Living Council, Sacramento, CA.
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Scherzer, T. (2005, December 13). Homecare workers experiences of and responses to occupational injury: Preliminary results from a qualitative study. Presented at the 2005 American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting.
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Scherzer, T. & Wolfe, N. (2008). Barriers to workers' compensation and medical care for injured Personal Assistance Services workers. Home Health Care Services Quarterly, vol. 27 (1), 2008.
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Scherzer, T., & Newcomer, R. (2007). Barriers to documenting occupational injuries among personal assistance services workers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 50, 7, 536-44.
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Scherzer, T., Chapman, S. & N. Newcomer. (2006). Integrating occupational health and safety into the United States' personal assistance services workforce agenda. In S. Kunkel and V. Wellin (Eds.), Consumer voice and choice in long-term care. (Chapter 6). New York, NY: Springer Publishing.
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Scherzer, T., Chapman, S., & Newcomer, R. ( June, 2004 ) Lost-worktime injuries and illnesses of Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants. Published on the Center for PAS website.
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Scherzer, T., Chapman, S., Newcomer, R. (2004). Workforce Development Projects in Personal Assistance Services. Published on the Center for PAS website http://pascenter.org/state_based_stats/workforce_projects_inventory_home.php
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Scherzer, T., Wong, A. and Newcomer, R. (2007). Financial management services in consumer-directed programs. Home Health Care Services Quarterly, 26, 1, 29-42.
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Seavey, D. & Salter, V. (2006). Bridging the gaps: State and local strategies for ensuring backup personal care services. Washington, D.C.: AARP Public Policy Institute. Retrieved on October 8, 2006 from:
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Seavey, D. & Salter, V. (2006). Paying for quality care: Strategies for improving wages and benefits for personal care assistants. Washington, D.C.: AARP Public Policy Institute. Retrieved on October 8, 2006 from: http://www.aarp.org/research/longtermcare/quality/2006_18_care.html
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Seavey, D. (April 2008). Occupational Projections for Direct-Care Workers 2006-2016. Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI), fact sheet.
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Stoddard, S. & Kraus, L. (2006). Arranging for personal assistance services and assistive technology at work. A report of the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Personal Assistance Services. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 1(1-2), 89-95.
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Stoddard, S. (2006). Personal assistance services as a workplace accommodation. Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation, 27(4), 363-369.
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Swan, J.H., Harrington, C., Dryer, K., Pickard, R.B., Covert, J.M. & Gulur, P. (2007) Medicaid Nursing Facility Payment in the Face of State Fiscal Meltdown. Long Term Care Interface. In Press.
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Tonner, C. and Harrington, C. 2004. Nursing Facility and Home and Community Based Service Need Criteria in the United States. Home Health and Community Services Quarterly, 22 (4): 65-83.
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Waterstone, D., Kang, T., Flores, C., Howes, C., Harrington, C. & Newcomer, R. (2004) California's In-Home Supportive Services program: Who is served? Published on the Center for PAS website http://www.pascenter.org/documents/IHSS_Final_Report.pdf
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Wodchis, W.P., Fries, B.E., Pollack, H. (2004). Payer incentives and physical rehabilitation therapy for nonelderly institutional long-term care residents: Evidence from Michigan and Ontario. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation , Volume 85(2) , Pgs. 210-217.
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Wodchis, W.P., Teare, G.F., Naglie, G., Bronskill, S.E., Gill, S.S., Hillmer, M.P., Anderson, G.M., Rochon, P.A.; Fries, B.E. (2005). Skilled nursing facility rehabilitation and discharge to home after stroke. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation , Volume 86(3) , Pgs. 442-448.
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Wong, A. & Newcomer, R. (2007). Health promotion and disease prevention for people with disabilities: An annotated bibliography. San Francisco: Center for Personal Assistance Services.
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Wong, A., Kaye, H.S. and Newcomer, R. (2007, July). State legislation regarding wages and benefits of home care workers: Thirteen promising practices. San Francisco: Center for Personal Assistance Services.
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Yeager, P., Kaye, H.S., Reed, M., & Doe, T.M. 2007. Assistive Technology and Employment: Experiences of Californians with Disabilities. Work, 27 (4), 333-344.
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