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PAS Center Presentations

A list of important presentations.

Alameida, M., Kitchener, M. Wilmott, M., and Harrington, C. (2004, November 21). Findings from an Exploratory Study of State Olmstead Plans. Presented at the 57th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America hosted by The Gerontological Society of America.

Chapman, S. (2004, November 9). Changing settings of care and the need for a new long term care workforce. Presented at the American Public Health Association 132nd Annual Meeting and Exposition hosted by American Public Health Association.
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Chapman, S. (2005, March 10). Trends Impacting the Demand for Long Term Care Workers: Addressing Changing Settings of Care. Presented at the 2005 ASA-NCOA Joint Conference "The Changing Face of Aging" hosted by The American Society on Aging (ASA) and The National Council on the Aging (NCOA).
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Collier, E., & Harrington, C. (2007, November 17). Cross-sectional Analysis of Total deficiencies and Validated Complaints in Free-standing California Nursing Homes. Poster. Presented at the 60th Annual Scientific Meeting of The Gerontological Society of America hosted by The Gerontological Society of America.
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Collier, E., & Harrington, C. (2007, November 17). Cross-sectional Analysis of Three Quality Measures in Free-standing California Nursing Homes. Poster. Presented at the 60th Annual Scientific Meeting of The Gerontological Society of America hosted by The Gerontological Society of America.
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Collier, E.J. and Harrington, C. (2004, November 21). Discharge Planning, Nursing Home Selection and the Internet. Presented at the 57th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America hosted by The Gerontological Society of America.

Dellefield, M., & Harrington, C. (2007, November 17). Improving Quality: Work Sampling of Registered Nurse Work Activities. Poster.. Presented at the 60th Annual Scientific Meeting of The Gerontological Society of America hosted by The Gerontological Society of America.
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Edelstein, S. (2004, April 14). Building an Effective PAS Workforce. Presented at the 2004 Joint Conference: Taking the Road Together hosted by American Society on Aging, National Council on the Aging.
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Grossman, B. (2004, November 12). Political Economy Perspectives on Disability and Aging: Competing or Complementary Frameworks?. Presented at the Social Policy as if People Matter: A Cross-National Dialogue hosted by Adelphi University.
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Harrington, C. (2003, October 27). Medicaid Long Term Care: Home and Community Based Services. Presented at the Unmet Needs in Personal Assistance Services: Prevalence, Consequences, Costs and Policy Options hosted by Disability Statistics Center at UCSF.
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Harrington, C. (2005, July 22). Long Term Care Staff and Quality of Care. Presented at the National Commission for Quality Long-term Care .
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Harrington, C., & Kang, T. (2007, November 19). Age and Race Disparities in Home and Community Based Services for the Developmentally Disabled. Poster. Presented at the 60th Annual Scientific Meeting of The Gerontological Society of America hosted by The Gerontological Society of America.
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Harrington, C., Newcomer, R., LaPlante, M., Kaye, S., Stoddard, S., Kitchener, M., & Oxford, M. (2004, November 15). Center for Personal Assistance Services. Presented at the National Association of State Medicaid Directors Fall 2004 Annual Meeting hosted by Held in Cooperation with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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Harrington, C., Newcomer, R., LaPlante, M., Kaye, S., Stoddard, S., Kitchener, M., Oxford, M. (2004, April 26). Meeting the Nation. Presented at the National Conference: "Meeting the Future Research and Training Needs of the Disability Community" hosted by Nartional Association of Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers (NARRTC).
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Hendricks, D.J. (2007, November 5). An analysis of accommodation information requests regarding personal assistance services made to the Job Accommodation Network. Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting & Exposition hosted by American Public Health Association (APHA).
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Hernandez, M., Kitchener, M., Ng, T., and Harrington, C. (2004, November 22). Affording Residential Care Through Medicaid Waivers. Presented at the 57th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America hosted by The Gerontological Society of America.

Hyer, K., & Harrington, C. (Discussants) (2007, November 18). Impact of Florida Legislative and Regulatory Innovations on Nursing Homes. Presented at the 60th Annual Scientific Meeting of The Gerontological Society of America hosted by The Gerontological Society of America.
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Jans, L. (2007, November 6). Personal assistance services (PAS) cooperatives: A service delivery model to benefit PAS consumers and workers. Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting & Exposition hosted by American Public Health Association (APHA).

Jans, L. (2007, November 6). Perspectives of people with disabilities who use workplace personal assistance services. Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting & Exposition hosted by American Public Health Association (APHA).

Jans, L., Stoddard, S., Kraus, L. (2004, November 9). Bridging perspectives of mental health and disability. Presented at the American Public Health Association 132nd Annual Meeting and Exposition hosted by American Public Health Association.
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Jans, L.H., Kraus, L.E., & Stoddard, S. (2007, November 6). Facilitating workplace personal assistance services (PAS): The role of employment service providers. Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting & Exposition hosted by American Public Health Association (APHA).
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Jans, L.H., Kraus, L.E., & Stoddard, S. (2007, November 5). Personal assistance services (PAS) cooperatives: A service delivery model to benefit PAS consumers and workers.. Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting & Exposition hosted by American Public Health Association (APHA).
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Kang, T. (2007, November 7). 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).

Kaye, S. (2004, November 8). Fluctuating disability rates among working-age adults: Economic versus epidemiologic factors. Presented at the American Public Health Association 132nd Annual Meeting and Exposition hosted by American Public Health Association.
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Kitchener, M. (2003, November 15). Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Under Fiscal Crisis. Presented at the 131st Annual Meeting and Exposition hosted by American Public Health Association.
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Kitchener, M. (2004, November 2). Institutional Change in the U.S. Disability Field. Presented at the Institute for Health and Aging Faculty Seminar .

Kitchener, M. Banaszak-Holl, J., Angelleli, J., & Castle, N. (2004, November 22). Organizational Analysis of US Nursing Homes: Fresh Prespectives and New Findings. Presented at the 57th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America hosted by The Gerontological Society of America.

Kitchener, M., Harrington, C. (2004, April 19). Contested Restructuration: Theory Elaboration From U.S. Long-Term Care. Presented at the 4th International Conference on OB in Healthcare hosted by University of Calgary.
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Kitchener, M., Ng, T., & Harrington, C. (2005, May 17). Medicaid Home & Community Based Waivers, National Trends in Expenditures, Participants & Policies. Discussants include Mary Jean Duckett (CMS), Bridget Simone (New York Medicaid) and Beth Kidder (Florida Medicaid). Presented at the 21st National HCBS Waiver Conference hosted by The National Association of State Units on Aging.
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Kitchener, M., Ng, T., and Harrington, C. (2004, November 20). Medicaid Personal Care Services for the Disabled. Presented at the 57th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America hosted by The Gerontological Society of America.

Kitchener, M., Ng, T., Harrington, C. (2004, November 9). Medicaid personal care services for the disabled during the fiscal crisis. Presented at the American Public Health Association 132nd Annual Meeting and Exposition hosted by American Public Health Association.
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Kitchener, M., Ng, T., Harrington, C. (2004, November 10). Medicaid home and community based services for the elderly during the fiscal crisis. Presented at the American Public Health Association 132nd Annual Meeting and Exposition hosted by American Public Health Association.
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Kitchener, M., Willmott, M., Harrington, C. (2004, November 9). Dynamics of change and inertia in the US disability field: Olmstead and beyond. Presented at the American Public Health Association 132nd Annual Meeting and Exposition hosted by American Public Health Association.
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Kraus, L. (2006, November 7). Personal assistance services in the workplace: Promising practices.. Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting & Exposition hosted by American Public Health Association (APHA).
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Kraus, L. (2007, November 6). New promising practices in workplace personal assistance services. Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting & Exposition hosted by American Public Health Association (APHA).
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Kraus, L. (2007, November 6). Facilitating workplace personal assistance services (PAS): The role of employment service providers. Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting & Exposition hosted by American Public Health Association (APHA).

Kraus, L., Oxford, M. , & Gold, S. (2005, July 11). Living independently and personal assistance services: From court research to action. Presented at the 2005 NCIL Independent Living Conference - "Advocacy IS a Service" hosted by The National Council on Independent Living (NCIL).
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Kraus, L., Stoddard, S. (2004, November 9). Personal assistance services in the workplace: Voices from the field. Presented at the American Public Health Association 132nd Annual Meeting and Exposition hosted by American Public Health Association.
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Kraus, L.E. (2006, September 19). Promising Practices in Workplace Personal Assistance Services. Presented at the JAN 2006 Annual Conference hosted by Job Accommodation Network (JAN).
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Kraus, L.E., Jans, L.H., Ripple, J., & Stoddard, S. (2007, November 5). The perspectives of people with disabilities who use workplace personal assistance service. . Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting & Exposition hosted by American Public Health Association (APHA).
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LaPlante, M. (2003, October 27). The Extent of Unmet Need for PAS: Results from A National Study. Presented at the Unmet Needs in Personal Assistance Services: Prevalence, Consequences, Costs and Policy Options hosted by Disability Statistics Center at UCSF.
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LaPlante, M. (2004, February 2). Unmet Need for Personal Assistance Services. Presented at the Personal Assistance Service (PAS) and Caregiving Across the Life Span: Forging a Disability and Aging Partnership to Build Capacity Through Research and Development hosted by ICDR Subcommittee on the New Freedom Initiative (ISNFI).
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LaPlante, M.P. (2004, November 20). Understanding age differences in the scalability of ADL items: the role of diagnosis and difficulty. Presented at the 57th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America hosted by The Gerontological Society of America.
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LaPlante, M.P., Kaye, S., Kang, T., & Harrington, C. (2003, November 18). Unmet Need for Personal Assistance Services. Presented at the 131st Annual Meeting and Exposition hosted by American Public Health Association.
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Miller N, Kitchener, M, & Harrington C. 2004 (2004, November 20). Community Based Long Term Care Utilization for the Elderly Relative to Individuals with Developmental Disabilities. Presented at the 57th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America hosted by The Gerontological Society of America.

Miller, N.A. (2003, November 21). State Predictors of Medicaid 1915c Use and Expenditures. Presented at the Annual Meeting: Our Future Selves: Research, Education and Services for Early Development and Childhood in an Aging Society hosted by The Gerontological Society of America.
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Miller, N.A. (2004, January 15). Medicaid Home and Community Based Long Term Care - Trends in the US and Maryland. Presented at the MD Senate Finance Committee Briefing .
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Miller, N.A., Harrington, C., Brody, A.B., Yu Kang, R.N. (2005, December 14). Participation in a Nursing Home Admission Decision Among Working Age Individuals. Presented at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting .
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Miller, N.A., Harrington, C., Kitchener, M, Rubin, A. (2004, November 10). Predictors of 1915(c) Waiver Use for the Elderly, Working Age, and Individuals with Developmental Disabilities. Presented at the American Public Health Association 132nd Annual Meeting and Exposition hosted by American Public Health Association.
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Newcomer, R. (2004, April 15). IHSS Budget Changes & the Population Affected. Presented at the California Program on Access to Care, Policy Briefing .
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Newcomer, R. (2004, November 19). Nursing Home Transition: Evaluation of the Providing Assistance to Caregivers in Transition (PACT) Program. Presented at the 57th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America hosted by The Gerontological Society of America.
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Newcomer, R. (2004, November 19). California Budget Changes and Their Effects on the Medicaid Personal Care Program. Presented at the 57th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America hosted by The Gerontological Society of America.
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Newcomer, R., Scherzer, T. (2006, November 7). Who counts? On (not) counting occupational injuries in homecare. Presented at the American Public Health Association 134th Annual Meeting and Exposition hosted by APHA.
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Ng, T., Kitchener, M., & Harrington, C. (2007, November 19). Medicaid Long Term Care Home and Community Based Services for the Elderly: Trends in Programs and Policies. Presented at the 60th Annual Scientific Meeting of The Gerontological Society of America hosted by The Gerontological Society of America.
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Ng, T., Kitchener, M., Harrington, C. (2004, November 8). Participant and expenditure trends in Medicaid 1915(c) HCBS waivers for people living with HIV/AIDS. Presented at the American Public Health Association 132nd Annual Meeting and Exposition hosted by American Public Health Association.
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Orslene, L. (2005, June 20). Personal Assistance Services in the Workplace. Presented at the Personal Assistance Services in the Workplace Webcast hosted by T-TAP.
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Scherzer, T. (2006, November 7). How do diverse homecare workers address occupational hazards and injury?. Presented at the American Public Health Association 134th Annual Meeting and Exposition hosted by APHA.
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Scherzer, T., Newcomer, R. (2006, November 6). Financial Management Services in consumer-directed programs: What supports are offered to both consumers/users and workers?. Presented at the American Public Health Association 134th Annual Meeting and Exposition hosted by APHA.
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Stoddard, S. (2005, September 15). Workplace personal assistance services. Presented at the 2005 Workplace accommodations: State of the science conference hosted by Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Workplace Accommodations.
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Stoddard, S., & Kraus, L (2004, November 15). Personal Assistance in the Workplace: What are Employers Doing?. Presented at the National Association of State Medicaid Directors Fall 2004 Annual Meeting hosted by Held in Cooperation with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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Stoddard, S., Ripple, J., Jans, L. (2004, November 8). Needs of people with disabilities in California: Results of a state-wide study. Presented at the American Public Health Association 132nd Annual Meeting and Exposition hosted by American Public Health Association.
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Swan, J., Harrington, C. (2004, November 9). California nursing facility quality and union environments. Presented at the American Public Health Association 132nd Annual Meeting and Exposition hosted by American Public Health Association.
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Vujovich, J., Loose, C., Kirby, S., & Kraus, L. (2006, October 5). Consumer direction: Taking it to the streets. Presented at the The 22nd National Home and Community Based Services Waiver Conference hosted by .

Wong, A. (2003, November 7). Doing things differently: A new measure of disability. Presented at the 131st Annual Meeting and Exposition hosted by American Public Health Association.
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