PAS Users 
- Information for PAS users
- Training resources
- Promising practices
- PAS Center publications
- Library
- Presentations
- Links
Information for PAS users
- Guide to using PAS How to be an employer of a Personal Assistant (PA)
- Ask Mike Send Mike your questions about Personal Assistance Services
- Help in my State How to contact the agencies in my state related to PAS
- In your own words Stories from real PAS users
- Center for PAS radio Download and listen to clips from the radio
- A day in the life of Richard A video account of Richard as he moves through his day with emphasis on the assistive technology and personal assistance he uses.
- Tax coverage of expenses for PAS - Frequently asked questions
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- Training on how to be an employer of a personal assistant
- Training for personal assistants about the PAS User as employer
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Below are the promising practices relating to PAS Users.
PAS Center publicationstop
A list of reports and publications produced for PAS Users. The citations provide links to abstracts, press releases, and either the entire publication, or information about where to obtain it.
All PAS Center publications related to PAS Users
Recent additions
(2012). Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services: Impact of the Affordable Care Act. Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 24, pp.169-187.
(2012). The CLASS Act: Is It Dead or Just Sleeping? Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 24, 2, pp.118-135.
(2012, March). Private-Duty Industry Association Studies of DOL's Proposal to Revise FLSA's Companionship Exemption: What Do They Tell Us? Bronx, NY.: Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute.
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Important publications related to PAS Users. Abstracts and information on how to obtain the complete publication is provided with each citation.
Recent additions:
(2012). Care Coordination for Dually Eligible Medicare–Medicaid Beneficiaries Under the Affordable Care Act. Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 24, 2, pp.221-232.
(2012). Nursing Homes and the Affordable Care Act: A Cease Fire in the Ongoing Struggle Over Quality Reform. Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 24,, pp.206-220. doi: 10.1080/08959420.2012.660046
(2012). Partnership Long-Term Care Insurance: Lessons for CLASS Program Development. Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 24, pp.152-168.
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A list of important presentations related to the PAS Users.
Recent additions:
Kraus, L. & Kailes, J.I. (2012, Feb 08) Promising practices in evacuation for people with disabilities. Presented at the National Evacuation Conference hosted by LSU & UNO.
LaPlante, M., Harrington, C., Ng, T. & Kaye, H.S. (2011, Nov 19) The Affordable Care Act & Home and Community Based Service Options. Presented at the 64th Annual Scientific Meeting hosted by Gerontological Society of America.
Kang, T. (2007, Nov 07) Disparities in service utilization and expenditures for individuals living at home or in the community in California. Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting & Exposition hosted by American Public Health Association (APHA).
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The Center for PAS has assembled a list of links to organizations, resources and information available on the web related to PAS Users.
Recent additions:
The San Francisco Department of Emergency Management (DEM) manages disaster preparation, mitigation, and response; 9-1-1 dispatch; and homeland security grant distribution for the City and County of San Francisco. DEM was created in 2006 by local legislation that reorganized the Emergency Communications Department and the Office of Emergency Services into a single agency.
The National Clearinghouse on the Direct Care Workforce tracks national and state policies that relate to the PAS workforce. This includes a national survey of state workforce initiatives and information on recruitment, training, mentoring, career advancement, management and supervisory training, workplace culture and caregiving practices, wages and benefits, worker supports and other valuable information. Information for consumers of Personal Assistance Services can be found on their Consumer Direction section of the Direct Care Clearinghouse web site.
Find both unbiased and easy-to-use information about the quality of care they deliver. Sponsored by the California HealthCare Foundation, this Web site is a free resource that provides ratings of long term care providers throughout the state, and helps you choose among options such as nursing homes, home health care agencies, and residential care facilities.