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This sounds great-- but as it uses the term "Medicaid" does that mean you have to be financially eligible for MEDICAID (not Medicare) to be covered? I would guess that may be the case,which would restrict it to low-income persons. >An editor for our quarterly PD newsletter sent me the following info on the >Medicaid Community Attendant Services Act. Can anyone tell me its status or >prospects for passage? Thanks. > ><< >Article in Dear Abby: First paragraph explains why nursing homes aren't >always wonderful. 2nd # "There can be a better choice: A bill before >Congress offers senior citizens and persons with disabilities the option >to maintain their independence while remaining in their own homes--or the >option to choose a congregate facility if that is their preference. > > This bill is the Medicaid Community Attendant Services Act. The bill >would amend Title XIX of the Social Security Act-Medicaid to create a new >option called 'Qualified Community-Based Attendant Services.' > >"Anyone eligible for a nursing facility would be allowed to stay in their >home and receive attendant care. The need for assistance will no longer >mean that people have to give up their surroundings or independence. > >"This bill will benefit everyone who will ever have a disability or be >old--and that's everyone. Call or write your representatives in Congress >and urge them to vote for this bill. Gail B. Kear, executive director, >Life-Cil/Center for Independent Living, Bloomington, Ill. ><< > >Barb >Barbara Blake-Krebs (57, dx 1984) [log in to unmask] >Merriam, KS, USA (ltr after >F is cap "i") Camilla Flintermann, CG for Peter 79/8 Oxford, OH [log in to unmask] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Ask me about the CARE list for* * Parkinson's caregivers ! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *