PAS Center publications

Steven Mendelsohn (2012, August). State Tax Law and People with Disabilities: Opportunities for Supporting Fuller Participation in Community and Society. New York: Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University.

Adelman, T., Kitchener, M., Ng, T. & Harrington, C. (2012). Changes and inertia in the New York State Medicaid Personal Care Services Program: An Institutional Case Study. Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 24, 3, pp.309-327.

Harrington, C., Ng, T., LaPlante, M. & Kaye, H.S. (2012). Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services: Impact of the Affordable Care Act. Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 24, 2, pp.169-187.

Mendelsohn, S., Myhill, W.N., & Morris, M. (2012). Tax Subsidizations of Personal Assistance Services. Disability and Health Journal, 5, pp.75-86.

Seavey, D. & Olins, A. (2012). Can Home Care Companies Manage Overtime Hours? Three Successful Models. Bronx, NY.: Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute.

Newcomer, R.J., Kang, T. & Doty, P. (2011, October). Allowing Spouses to Be Paid Personal Care Providers: Spouse Availability and Effects on Medicaid-Funded Service Use and Expenditures. The Gerontologist. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnr102

PHI. (2011, August). State Chart Book On Wages For Personal And Home Care Aides, 2000 - 2010. Bronx, NY: Author.

Newcomer, R., Kang, T. & Faucett, J. (2011). Consumer-directed personal care: Comparing aged and non-aged adult recipient health-related outcomes among those with paid family versus non-relative providers. Home Health Care Services Quarterly, 30, 4, pp.178-197.

Seavey, D. (2010-2011, Winter). Caregivers on the front line: Building a better direct-care workforce. GENERATIONS – Journal of the American Society on Aging, 34(4), pp.27-35.

Napoles, A.M., Chadiha, L., Eversley, R. & Moreno-John G. (2010, May). Reviews: Developing culturally sensitive dementia caregiver interventions: are we there yet? American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias, 25(5), pp.389-406. doi: 10.1177/1533317510370957

Okumura, M.J., Van Cleave, J., Gnanasekaran, S., & Houtrow, A. (2009, December). Understanding Factors Associated with Work Loss for Families Caring for CSHCN. Pediatrics, 124. doi: 10.1542/peds.2009-1255J

Mullan, J.T., Grossman, B.R., Hernandez, M., Wong, A., Eversley, R. & Harrington, C. (2009). Focus Group Study of Ethnically Diverse Low Income- Users of Paid Personal Assistance Services. Home Health Care Services Quarterly, 28(1), pp.24-44.

Center for Personal Assistance Services. (2008). How to employ a personal assistant: Disaster preparedness. San Francisco, CA: Author. Retrieved June 22nd, 2010 from http://pascenter.org/pas_ users/health5.php

Center for Personal Assistance Services. (2008). How to employ a personal assistant: Emergency care. Berkeley, CA: Author. Retrieved January, 2009 from http://pascenter.org/pas_ users/health1.php

Wong, A., Kaye, H.S. & Newcomer, R. (2007, July). State legislation regarding wages and benefits of home care workers: Thirteen promising practices San Francisco, CA: Center for Personal Assistance Services.

Gaugler, J.E., Kane, R.L. & Newcomer, R. (2007). Resilience and transitions from dementia caregiving. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 62(1), pp.38-44.

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://directcareclearing house.org/l_art_det.jsp?r es_id=265010

Wong, A. & Newcomer, R. (2007). Health promotion and disease prevention for people with disabilities: An annotated bibliography. San Francisco: Center for Personal Assistance Services.

Gaugler, J.E., Kane, R.L., Kane, R.A. & Newcomer, R. (2006). Predictors of institutionalization in Latinos with dementia: a cross-cultural analysis. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 3(4), pp.139-155.

Scherzer, T. (2005, December). 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.

Ripple, J.M. & Stoddard, S. (2005). California Statewide Independent Living Needs Assessment 2003-2004. Sacramento, CA: California State Independent Living Council.

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), pp.S187-S198.