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ABCs of Nursing Home Transition - Implementing Olmstead: An Orientation Manual for NEW Transition Facilitators Word Version | ABCs of Nursing Home Transition PDF Version

Olmstead and Community: A Three Course Self Study Series on Community Integration for Persons with Disabilities

Olmstead and Community: Implementing the New Freedom Initiative

Housing

"A Home of Your Own Guide: A Resource for Housing Educators and Counselors to Assist People with Disabilities," National Home of Your Own Alliance and Fannie Mae, 2000. This guide provides details as to the process of moving into a home of their own for people with disabilities. The sections detail the different considerations one needs to make with the acquisition of a home such as: advantages and disadvantages of owning a home, a personalized planning process for every phase of the home purchasing process, advice on shopping for a home such as making offers and negotiating the purchase price and different contingencies people may wish to include in the sales contract, the process of obtaining a mortgage, closing or settlement process and what should be done prior to closing, and a glimpse of life as a homeowner. There is also a set of worksheets to assist throughout the home-buying process.

"HomeChoice Homeownership for People With Disabilities." Printed in November 2000, this 4- page document discusses the HomeChoice Mortgage loan. The HomeChoice Mortgage Loan is designed to meet the mortgage underwriting needs of low-and moderate-income people who have disabilities or who may have family members with disabilities living with them. The HomeChoice mortgage loan offers flexibility in loan to value ratios, down payment sources, qualifying ratios and the establishment of credit. For more information about Fannie Mae, one can peruse their information on line at www.fanniemae.com or by calling the Consumer Resource Center at 1-800-7FANNIE (1-800-732-6643). To obtain HomeChoice information, call the Fannie Mae Consumer Resource Center for the phone number of the account team in the Fannie Mae regional office closest to you.

"Mortgage Products and Initiatives for People with Special Needs," Packet from Fannie Mae. It contains: Housing Finance Agencies Offer Fannie Mae's HomeChoice Product Creating Homeownership Opportunities for People with Disabilities. Printed in September 2000, this one page notice provides background on HomeChoice. This Fannie Mae mortgage product enables housing finance agencies to offer conventional financing to people who have disabilities or have family members with disabilities. The loans are available through Housing Finance Agencies' bonds programs in partnership with Fannie-Mae approved coalitions and seller-services. This piece details some of the qualifications necessary for the HomeChoice mortgage loan. For additional information about HomeChoice and how your agency can use this mortgage product and to outreach to the disabled community, contact Stephen Allen with Fannie Mae at 202-752-4810.

Long-Term Care

Kane, R.A., O'Connor, C.M., and Baker, M.O. "Delegation of Nursing Activities: Implications for Patterns of Long-Term Care." Washington: American Association of Retired Persons, 1995.

Olmstead

Disability Advocacy in a Post-Olmstead Environment, 2001 Olmstead Training Manual. ILRU, 2323 S. Shepherd, Suite 1000, Houston, Texas 77019, ilru@ilru.org.

How to Influence Policy-Makers and the Policy-Making Process - Tips for Disability Policy Change Agents
ILRU Bookshelf Series by Bobby Silverstein

Rosenbaum, S. "Olmstead v L.C.: Implications for Family Caregivers", Policy Brief 8. Family Caregiver Alliance, National Center on Caregiving, Oct. 2001.

Personal Assistance Services/Home and Community-Based Services

Wagner, D.L., Nadash, P., and Sabatino, C. "Autonomy or Abandonment: Changing Perspectives on Delegation." National Institute on Consumer-Directed Long-Term Services, National Council on the Aging, 1997.

"Consumer Choice and Control: Personal Attendant Services and Supports in America", Report of the National Blue Ribbon Panel on Personal Assistance Services. Dautel, Pamela and Frieden, Lex. August 1999. Houston, Texas. ILRU, 2323 S. Shepherd, Suite 1000, ilru@ilru.org.

"Personal Assistance Services for People with Disabilities." King, Martha and Wright, Barbara. National Conference of State Legislatures. State Legislative Report: January 1999, Volume 24, Number 2. Contact the National Conference of State Legislators: 1560 Broadway, Suite 700, Denver, Colorado 80202-5140. Phone: 303-830-2054 (Book Order Number) 303-830-2200 (Main telephone number). This report summarizes personal assistance services that have been crucial to the development of state initiatives to support the rights of people with disabilities to live in the community. Background information on demographics and considerations for legislators, service delivery, recruitment and training issues, funding sources, and proposed federal legislation is included in the summary. Appendix A shows state examples of personal assistance services. The first part looks at the "Cash and Counseling" Demonstration Projects in Arkansas, Florida, New Jersey and New York. The second part provides other innovative methods underway in California, Kansas and Oregon. Appendix B is the HCFA letter to State Medicaid Directors of July 1998. Appendix C has a listing of other resources.

"State of the States of Publicly Funded Personal Assistance Services." Data from the 1999-2000 WID national survey. This document summarizes some findings from our 1999 "State of the States of PAS" national survey. In this survey we conducted telephone interviews with representatives of programs that fund services which fall under our liberal definition of PAS. World Institute on Disability, 510 16th Street · Oakland, California 94612, (510) 763-4100 Voice (510) 763-4109 Fax.

"The Choice is Yours…" University of Maryland Video Project. Arkansas Independent Choices. 1998.

"The Last Minority." The Arkansas Governor's Developmental Disabilities Planning Council. AETV, 1993.

"What is a Personal Assistant?", Connecticut Association of Personal Assistants, P. O. Box 316, Manchester, CT, info@ctapa.org, http://www.ctapa.org