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Medicaid renewals and North Carolina paid-caregiver documentation
Expansion adults are rechecked every 6 months instead of every 12.
PolicyDisability
Federal law does not require private-sector employers to provide paid leave
Federal law provides eligible workers unpaid leave. Paid time away may come through an employer, leave insurance, or a state program for eligible workers.
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Research leaves adult family caregivers with fewer answers
The evidence is mostly beneficial for new parents’ leave. It is thinner for employees caring for older children, adult family members, or elderly relatives.
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NC Medicaid adds treating-practitioner letter option
Clearer documentation can reopen paid-caregiver arrangements denied on paperwork, but extraordinary-circumstances limits and the 40-hour weekly paid-caregiver cap still apply.
PolicyDisabilityChild Care
Travel between the homes of more than one client
Travel between the homes of more than one client during the day on behalf of the same home care agency is considered all in a day’s work and must be paid.
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Qualified families must find outside caregivers
Families who qualified are still eligible for personal care services, but must find outside caregivers. Idaho has a shortage of such workers.
PolicyDisability
Kansas launches the Community Supports Waiver
Those who receive an invitation should contact their local Community Developmental Disability Organization to complete a screening process and discuss with their Targeted Case Manager whether the CSW is the right fit.
PolicyDisability
San Bernardino caregivers press for higher wages
Caregivers and union representatives asked San Bernardino supervisors to support higher wages for In-Home Supportive Services providers.
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Pennsylvania’s home-care payment problem leaves shifts unfilled
Workers and providers say low wages and Medicaid reimbursement rates are making it harder to recruit and retain caregivers.
WorkforceElder CareDisability
Siskiyou County approves first In-Home Supportive Services contract
The three-year agreement includes an 85-cent hourly increase to the IHSS wage supplement.
WorkforceElder CareDisability
A film follows a family’s caregiving struggles
Take Me Home opens at the Enzian on Oct. 16 and stars Anna Sargent, who has cognitive disabilities.
CultureDisabilityElder Care
Study reports direct care and enhanced lives
Qualitative survey narratives from the youngest age group had the highest number of direct care codes and codes indicating that their lives were enhanced by their brother or sister.
ResearchDisability
New York family caregivers face a consequential union vote
1199SEIU has filed for an election among workers in a Medicaid program where paid caregivers are often relatives of the people receiving care.
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Parent-paid care can hinge on an extraordinary-care assessment
States are trying to pay parents caring for children with complex needs, but one North Dakota family was denied after its care needs were assessed.
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Pennsylvania lawsuit targets paid family-care limits
Four Medicaid participants challenge Pennsylvania’s use of agreements and consent forms to impose limits on relative caregiving and out-of-state travel support.
PolicyDisability
The Route From a Home-Care Framework to Household Support
Arkansas's planned waitlist service and a New Mexico pilot with funding running low show the separate work required to make care support dependable.
PolicyDisability
North Carolina's Community-Living Exit Has a Continuity Test
North Carolina and DOJ seek to end settlement oversight after a compliance finding. The practical question is whether community supports stay usable if the court's role ends.
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Pennsylvania Begins Proactive Home-Care Wage Reviews
Workers do not need to file a complaint before the initiative investigates.
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California home-care funds pause as nursing-home staffing stays short
The Trump administration has paused $1.7 billion for California’s In-Home Supportive Services while new federal staffing data show broad nursing-home shortfalls.
PolicyWorkforceDisabilityElder Care
California families face a coverage deadline for assisted living
Health Net plans to end an optional Medi-Cal assisted living benefit at year-end, affecting people whose families may not be able to replace the care at home.
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A Medicare Bill Links Home-Care Coverage and Worker Pay
The Medicare At Home Act would define a Part B home-care benefit and a proposed wage floor for home care workers.
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Pennsylvania budget omits home health nurse funding increase
Low Medicaid reimbursement is one barrier to finding skilled home care, Pennsylvania's home-care industry says.
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Maine prepares a waiver for the adult-services handoff
The proposed Lifespan waiver would begin at age 14 and keep people on one waiver through life changes.
PolicyWorkforceDisability
A DOJ Opinion Raises Questions About Support at Home
The opinion does not change existing law, but advocates worry about federal enforcement as Arkansas families face separate coverage and waitlist questions.
PolicyDisability
Arkansas Family Faces a Waiver Wait for a Ceiling Lift
A family says a move made its ceiling track ineligible for coverage, pointing it to a waiver with a long waitlist.
PolicyDisability
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