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Center for PAS Reports and Publications

This is a list of 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.

Reports

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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Harrington, C. (2005). Long Term Care Staff and Quality of Care. Published on the Center for PAS website http://www.pascenter.org/news/Harrington_LTC_Testimony.html
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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., Carillo, 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., 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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Kitchener, M., Ng, T., & Harrington, C. (February 2005). Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Data, 2001. Published on the Center for PAS website: http://pascenter.org/medicaid/
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Kitchener, M., Willmott, M. & and Harrington, C. (12/2004). Home & Community-Based Services: State-Only Funded Programs. Published on the Center for PAS website: http://pascenter.org/state_funded/
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Kitchener, M., Willmott, M. & Harrington, C. (11/2004). 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. & 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
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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/
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Kitchener, M., Willmott, M., Alameida, M and Harrington, C. (2004). Introduction to Olmstead Lawsuits and Olmstead Plans. Retrieved from http://pascenter.org/olmstead
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Kitchener, M., Willmott, M., Harrington, C. (11/2004). Federal Systems Change Grants to States and Territories: 2001-2004. Retrieved from http://pascenter.org/systemschange/
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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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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., 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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Publications

Collier, E. and Harrington, C. Discharge planning, nursing home placement, and the internet. Nursing Outlook. 53(2): 95-103.
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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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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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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., 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.
Press release
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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., T. Ng, N. Miller, and C. Harrington (2005). Medicaid Home And Community-Based Services: National Program Trends. Health Affairs 24(1) 206-212.
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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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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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