The losers in these cuts would be the frail elderly, adults with disabilities, and their caregivers.
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But two-thirds of the Medicaid budget is spent on the frail elderly and younger adults with disabilities.
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Family caregivers are the backbone of the support system for the frail elderly and younger people with disabilities.
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Yet, 80 percent of the frail elderly are getting their care at home, and not in a residential care facility.
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Going a step further, providing coaching or direct care management services would make all the difference for frail elderly patients.
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In part it is because people with disabilities can be powerful advocates for themselves while the frail elderly often cannot.
Prof Ferner said the lower dose was appropriate for a frail elderly lady, while the higher dose would have been fatal.
Some of the most frail elderly patients are suffering "distressing" deaths because hospitals wrongly try to resuscitate them, a watchdog says.
But he has essentially been silent on his own agenda for the frail elderly, those with disabilities, and their family caregivers.
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Those cuts specifically excluded Medicaid, including the one-third of Medicaid that funds long-term care services for the frail elderly and adults with disabilities.
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Why would House Republicans slash programs that make it possible for the frail elderly and adults with disabilities to live at home?
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In fact, the issue of long-term supports and services for the frail elderly and people with disabilities was almost entirely ignored by both parties.
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There are plenty of big, powerful organizations in Washington that represent , in some way, the interests of the frail elderly and their families.
Even with a well-functioning Medicaid home care program, it is not possible for the low-income frail elderly to live safely at home without these additional supports.
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This is a particular problem with the frail elderly who often suffer from multiple chronic diseases and may need personal assistance as much as medical treatment.
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Managed care for the frail elderly and younger people with disabilities has tremendous potential, since people with complex needs are likely to do better with fully-integrated care.
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But he insists the CCG has been able to set its own priorities, resulting in better care and support for frail elderly people, reducing the risk of emergencies.
The medical and long-term care systems have a long way to go in their efforts to improve care for the frail elderly and others with severe chronic disease.
She recalls two frail elderly women--sisters--who both needed medical attention.
Reverse mortgages, which hold great promise as a way for the frail elderly to pay for long-term care costs while living at home, are failing to do the job.
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The average wait was more than two years, which is especially problematic for the frail elderly, many of who are likely to die before reaching the top of the list.
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Their home and community-based programs exist on paper, but often are often insufficient for the needs of the frail elderly and those younger people with disabilities who are trying to stay at home.
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There is no doubt the U.S. has a long-run budget problem, and that we need to do a better job caring for the frail elderly who are chronically ill and need both medical care and long-term services.
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The survey asked about a wide range of social services from employment assistance for younger, low-income patients to transportation and food assistance, the kind of help that is often critical to the frail elderly living at home.
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In his Democratic convention speech this week, Clinton bungled a few of the details, but told a larger truth: Big cuts in Medicaid are likely to mean lost benefits for the frail elderly and younger people with disabilities.
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With the presidential election in less than two weeks, consumers, advocates, and providers should pay attention to what Barack Obama and Mitt Romney would do about long-term supports and services for the frail elderly and younger people with disabilities.
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During the government press conference to announce the response to the public inquiry, he said it had to be a "top priority", conceding "a lot of hospitals have large numbers of frail elderly that perhaps with better care would not have ended up there".
Nevertheless, the creation of Galileo and the improvements to GPS open up all sorts of intriguing possibilities: people prone to heart attacks, or the frail elderly, could wear small and highly accurate locator devices combined with body sensors, which could call medical help in an emergency.
Romney, who vows historic reductions in overall federal spending in an effort to balance the budget, may slash programs that support the frail elderly and younger people with disabilities while, at the same time, give states more flexibility in the way they provide many of these services.
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The hospital says it is also advisable not to bring children and frail, elderly visitors to the site.
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