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...adult with a disability, you already...in unpaid care looks like:...billion hours of care each year,...problem. Home care costs have...paid home care. You're at...Numbers Mean for Disability Families. AARP's...billion hours of care per year is...full-time workers, 17% of the...out-of-pocket health care spending nationwide...spending. For disability families, this...the cost of care you're absorbing...

...the Lifespan Respite Care Program was signed...unreported outside disability news circles. For...The Lifespan Respite Care Program doesn't write...families with trained workers. Some programs cover...short-term residential care for situations where...providing full-time care and need support....is the part of the disability funding landscape...

...Roughly 30% of long-term care workers and 32% of...of long-term care workers and 32% of home health...32% of home health workers are immigrants. When...When ICE detained workers (including some with...families depending on disability services lost care....disability services lost care. One couple from Russia,...Nicole Mattson of Care Providers of Minnesota...

...Medicaid doesn't: personal care attendants, respite care,...care attendants, respite care, home modifications, adaptive...brain injury, elderly care). Start with your state's...you're working with a care coordinator, social worker,...care coordinator, social worker, or disability services...coordinator, social worker, or disability services case manager,...

...alongside an amendment to the state's Kancare managed care waiver. Both take effect October 1, 2026. CMS...at least five years old, have an intellectual disability that began before age 18 or a developmental disability...disability that began before age 18 or a developmental disability...

...bill has passed. What happened is that a panel Gov. Tina Kotek convened to find savings finished its work and handed her a list, and the services disability families depend on are on it. What the Advisory Group Delivered. Oregon faces an estimated $421 million general fund gap in its 2027-29 Medicaid...

...volunteer logs, or a doctor's letter to prove your adult child qualifies for a disability exemption from Medicaid's new work rule, this week's news doesn't hand you...serious or complex health condition, shouldn't be at risk of losing the care" that keeps them stable. The states are asking the court to...

...don't have time for self-care. That's not judgment, that's...and insulting. But self-care doesn't require an hour...The Case for Micro Self-Care. Traditional self-care...Self-care. Traditional self-care advice assumes you have...uninterrupted time. Micro self-care assumes you don't. It's...adult managing their own disability between work calls. Research...

...didn't accept Medicaid. Sarah has an intellectual disability, works part-time at a grocery store, and has been...times more likely to delay or forgo mental health care due to cost compared to the general population....without disabilities. The barrier isn't the need for care. It's being able to afford it. Why Cost Is a Bigger...

...waiting. During that gap, medication costs resume, therapy stops, and home care disappears. This is fixable with advance planning. The key is keeping the...funds for future needs without sacrificing the benefits that cover current care. The 9-Month Spend-Down Window. When someone on SSI receives a lump sum,...

...your child receives Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), you're likely managing those funds on their behalf. What...SSA defines "current needs" broadly: food, shelter, clothing, medical care, and personal items. You can use benefits for education expenses, therapy...

...protect your child. You named them as a beneficiary because you want them taken care of after you're gone. That's what any parent would do. Here's the problem:...receive it. It doesn't matter if they need the money for housing, medical care, or long-term support. The program sees the asset and terminates eligibility....