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The Future of Iowa’s Health and Long-Term Care Workforce: The Health and Long-Term Care Workforce Review and Recommendations

This report was prepared for the Iowa legislature and recommends that the state increase Medicare and Medicaid payments in order to increase pay. It also recommends raising public awareness of worker shortages and their impact, creating mentoring programs to prevent turnover/increase retention, and other strategies to strengthen the health and long-term care workforce.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/50225

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Consumer and Surrogate Preferences for a Cash Option Versus Traditional Services: Florida Adults with Developmental Disabilities

This report describes the results from a survey of adults with developmental disabilities in Florida. The survey was conducted prior to implementing the Cash and Counseling program in the state. The research process and results are presented and discussed.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/50217

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Consumer Preferences for a Consumer-Directed Cash Option Versus Traditional Services: Telephone Survey Findings for Florida Elders and Adults with Disabilities

This report describes the results from a telephone survey in Florida. The survey was conducted prior to implementing the Cash and Counseling program in the state. The research process and results are presented and discussed.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/50216

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The Effects Of Cash And Counseling On Personal Care Services And Medicaid Costs In Arkansas

The Cash & Counseling Demonstration gives Medicaid beneficiaries who are eligible for personal care services a consumer-directed allowance in lieu of traditional agency services. This report discusses the effects of this program on both the medicaid costs and personal care services recieved in Arkansas.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/50215

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The Role Of Personal Integrity In Upholding “Right Relationship” In Organizations

This paper discusses the ethical/right relationship that must exsist between service systems and the people they serve and between the individuals in the service system and the people they serve. It provides a good underpinning for work in person-centered planning.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/50207

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Some Initial Thoughts On Establishing “Right Relationship” Between Staff, Professionals, Service Organisations and the People They Assist

This paper explores the essential relationships that must exist if people are to take precedence over systems. It considers bureaucracy and its relationship to the people it purports to serve. This article serves as a nice underpinning for work on person-centered planning.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/50206

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The Cash & Counseling Qualitative Study: Stories from the Personal Preference Program in New Jersey

This report presents twenty-five case stories about the experience of adults with disabilities who receive the cash option in the Personal Preference Program in New Jersey. The report focuses on how “care units,” composed of consumers and/or representatives, paid workers, and counselors interacted around issues of consumer directed care.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/50190

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