Publications

Essential Reading

Olmstead Now Campaign Primer

Letter to Department of Health Re: Money Follows the Person - (October, 2006)

Sacramento Bee (November 2004): Nursing Homes as Default: U.S. Chides state on Community Care Access - Article on Olmstead

San Francisco Chronicle (August 1, 2004): Seniors Can't Go Home Again -Article on Olmstead

Los Angeles Times: (May 6, 2004): Care for the Needy Called Shaky - State oversight panel says the system of aid to the poor, disabled and sick is inefficient, costly and in dire straits. Vast changes are urged.

Assisted Living Waiver Pilot Program (ALWPP)

Information about ALWPP Commonsense Olmstead reform: Fixing the ALWPP (September 2006 article about ALWPP)

Letter to the Assembly Aging Committee in opposition to ALWPP by Dion Aroner, the author of AB 499

DHS responds to Questions about ALWPP (September 2005)

Summary of Fixes for ALWPP

Nursing Home Transition

California Pathways Grant: Money Follows the Person

Money Follows the Person Preference Interview Report (Jan, 2005)

Connections Newsletter: "Money Follows the Person" (Fall 2003) - Nursing Home Transition Initiatives

Suggestions for rapid Olmstead/Nursing Home Transition