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- Research Demo Projects - Find Research Demo Projects in your State
- Contact Information and Descriptions for Medicaid Waivers - Find Contact Information and Descriptions for Medicaid Waivers for your State
- State Agencies related to PAS - Find State Agencies related to PAS
- State Resources for Employment of Persons with Disabilities - Find State Resources for Employment of Persons with Disabilities
- PAS Reports and Publications related to State - Find PAS Reports and Publications related to State
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Reports and Publications
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(2012, September). Envisioning Enhanced Roles for In-Home Supportive Services Workers in Care Coordination for Consumers with Chronic Conditions: A Concept Paper Berkeley: UC Berkeley Labor Center.
(2012, October). The Effect of State Regulatory Stringency on Nursing Home Quality. Health Services Research, 47(5), pp.1791–1813. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2012.01459.x
(2012). Allowing spouses to be paid personal care providers: Spouse availability and the effects of Medicaid-funded service use and expenditures. Gerontologist, 52, 4, pp.517-530.
Library
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(2003, February). Policy brief: The applicability of the ADA to personal assistance in the workplace. Boston, MA: The Institute for Community Inclusion.
(2003). The California Working Disabled Program: Lessons learned, looking ahead. Oakland, CA: Lewin Group, for the Medical Policy Institute.
(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), pp.397-415.
Presentations
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Harrington, C. (2003, Oct 27) Medicaid Long Term Care: Home and Community Based Services. Presented at the Unmet Needs in Personal Assistance Services: Prevalence, Consequences, Costs and Policy Options hosted by Disability Statistics Center at UCSF.
Miller, N.A. (2003, Nov 21) State Predictors of Medicaid 1915c Use and Expenditures. Presented at the Annual Meeting: Our Future Selves: Research, Education and Services for Early Development and Childhood in an Aging Society hosted by The Gerontological Society of America.
Kitchener, M. (2003, Nov 15) Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Under Fiscal Crisis. Presented at the 131st Annual Meeting and Exposition hosted by American Public Health Association.
Links
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This website centralizes many policy research briefs and reports that have been published around the nation. It also provides custom data retrieval from the California Health Interview Survey conducted by the Center biannually.
AgeSource Worldwide identifies several hundred information resources in some 25 countries which are significant either in size or in their unique coverage of particular aging related issues. The resources include among others clearinghouses libraries, databases, training materials, major reports and Web metasites.
AgeStats Worldwide provides access to statistical data that compare the situation of older adults across countries or regions around a variety of issues such as demography, pensions, health and long-term care. The most recent data and projections as far ahead as 2060 are provided, where available.
You may search either or both databases at one time. Access is free of charge.
AgeSource and AgeStats Worldwide have been created by AARP to facilitate the international exchange of policy and program, relevant information in aging.
The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) Foundation for Health in Aging (FHA) is a national non-profit organization established in 1999 by The American Geriatrics Society. The foundation aims to build a bridge between the research and practice of Geriatrics and the Public, and to advocate on behalf of older adults and their special health care needs. The website has information on common health problems such as diabetes, falls, etc. and educational materials on geriatrics.