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From: SteveGoldADA@...

Subject: Georgia's Olmstead Demands

stevegoldada@...

Georgia's Olmstead Demands - Information Bulletin #294 (10/10)

On October 13, 2009, Georgia's ADAPT leadership met with Governor Sonny

Purdue's top state officials.

Here are Georgia ADAPT's demands:

1. Appoint an Olmstead Czar who will be accountable for implementing a

state program that effectively diverts people from nursing facilities

and transitions people out of nursing facilities who want to live in

the community.

2. Freeze Medicaid's institutional spending at the current level and

rebalance the state's Medicaid spending so that the majority of

Medicaid funds are spent on home and community based services. [in FY

2007, Georgia spent 76% of its Medicaid Aged/Disabled long term funds

on nursing homes institutions and only 24% on community-based services.

It has a long way to go to rebalance these expenditures.]

3. Modernize the Nurse Practice Act to allow trained attends to perform

health maintenance activities.

4. Fund community-based organization to do " transition counseling " so

they can identify individuals in nursing facilities who want to live in

the community and actually assist seniors and people with disabilities

in this process.

5. Adequately fund community-based services so all seniors and people

with disabilities have the opportunity to live in the most integrated

setting - their own homes and apartments.

6. Issue an Executive Order requiring Georgia's state agency to carry out

their commitment to implement the Money Follows the Person

Demonstration program and to remove the " cost share " from community

care services.

7. Demonstrate national leadership by publicly urging the Governors in

southern states to implement programs that give seniors and people with

disabilities the opportunity to live in the most integrated setting as

required by the Olmstead decision.

The October 13, 2009 meeting was the result of 400 national and Georgia

ADAPT folks using civil disobedience, taking over the state capital, and

refusing to leave until the Governor agreed to met to discuss Georgia's

dismal Olmstead status.

Some thoughts for other states:

1. Do advocates in your state have a similar set of demands? Any other

demands?

2. Are advocates meeting with the Governor's office to make sure s/he

understands that the civil rights of seniors and people with

disabilities cannot be ignored? If you've tried to meet with the

Governor's office but have not had success, remind your Governor of

what happened in Georgia!

Steve Gold, The Disability Odyssey continues

Back issues of other Information Bulletins are available online at

http://www.stevegoldada.com

with a searchable Archive at this site divided into different subjects.

To contact Steve Gold directly, write to stevegoldada@... or call

215-627-7100.

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From: SteveGoldADA@...

Subject: Georgia's Olmstead Demands

stevegoldada@...

Georgia's Olmstead Demands - Information Bulletin #294 (10/10)

On October 13, 2009, Georgia's ADAPT leadership met with Governor Sonny

Purdue's top state officials.

Here are Georgia ADAPT's demands:

1. Appoint an Olmstead Czar who will be accountable for implementing a

state program that effectively diverts people from nursing facilities

and transitions people out of nursing facilities who want to live in

the community.

2. Freeze Medicaid's institutional spending at the current level and

rebalance the state's Medicaid spending so that the majority of

Medicaid funds are spent on home and community based services. [in FY

2007, Georgia spent 76% of its Medicaid Aged/Disabled long term funds

on nursing homes institutions and only 24% on community-based services.

It has a long way to go to rebalance these expenditures.]

3. Modernize the Nurse Practice Act to allow trained attends to perform

health maintenance activities.

4. Fund community-based organization to do " transition counseling " so

they can identify individuals in nursing facilities who want to live in

the community and actually assist seniors and people with disabilities

in this process.

5. Adequately fund community-based services so all seniors and people

with disabilities have the opportunity to live in the most integrated

setting - their own homes and apartments.

6. Issue an Executive Order requiring Georgia's state agency to carry out

their commitment to implement the Money Follows the Person

Demonstration program and to remove the " cost share " from community

care services.

7. Demonstrate national leadership by publicly urging the Governors in

southern states to implement programs that give seniors and people with

disabilities the opportunity to live in the most integrated setting as

required by the Olmstead decision.

The October 13, 2009 meeting was the result of 400 national and Georgia

ADAPT folks using civil disobedience, taking over the state capital, and

refusing to leave until the Governor agreed to met to discuss Georgia's

dismal Olmstead status.

Some thoughts for other states:

1. Do advocates in your state have a similar set of demands? Any other

demands?

2. Are advocates meeting with the Governor's office to make sure s/he

understands that the civil rights of seniors and people with

disabilities cannot be ignored? If you've tried to meet with the

Governor's office but have not had success, remind your Governor of

what happened in Georgia!

Steve Gold, The Disability Odyssey continues

Back issues of other Information Bulletins are available online at

http://www.stevegoldada.com

with a searchable Archive at this site divided into different subjects.

To contact Steve Gold directly, write to stevegoldada@... or call

215-627-7100.

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Since this is not a discussion list, you will not be able to send

questions directly to the list. However, if you have any

information that you feel is relevant to this list, please feel

free to send this information to: <drv@...> If we feel

this information is appropriate, we will post it to the list.

If you wish to be removed from this list please send an email

message to:

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