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Financial > Financial Planning
Families Provide $1 Trillion in Unpaid Care Each Year. Here's What Medicaid Cuts Mean for That Burden.
...Here's the immediate problem. Home care costs have surged nearly...rely on Medicaid for their own health insurance, coverage now threatened...You're not just losing paid home care. You're at risk of losing...of the entire U.S. full-time workforce. At the replacement value of...nearly doubles all out-of-pocket health care spending nationwide and...
News > Advocacy
ICE Enforcement Is Making It Harder to Staff Group Homes and Disability Services. Here's What Families Need to Know.
...residential programs, and home health services scrambling...residential programs, and home health services scrambling to...care workers and 32% of home health workers are immigrants....workers and 32% of home health workers are immigrants....later, he still hadn't come home. What Changed. Operation...Minnesota's caregiving workforce was already recovering...
News > Technology
Your Child's Doctor Now Has to Have an Accessible Exam Table and Wheelchair-Accessible Scale
...the table is too high, and the weight on file is a guess, a number from a home scale, or you stepping on a scale twice, once holding your child and once...compliance failure for the provider. What Changed on July 8. The Department of Health and Human Services updated Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act in May 2024,...
News > Advocacy
Minnesota Just Disenrolled 61% of Its Medicaid Disability Providers. Other States Are Running the Same Audit. Here's What Families Need to Do Now.
...morning to find that their child's ABA therapist, adult day program, or in-home caregiver could no longer bill Medicaid. About 2,491 providers had incomplete...counties. That includes ABA therapy providers, adult day services, mental health programs, and Integrated Community Supports (ICS) for people with spinal...
Assistive Tech > Mobility
Trexo Robotic Gait Trainer: What Families Should Know About the Technology
...Gait Trainer Is. Trexo is a pediatric robotic gait trainer designed for home and clinical use. It supports children as young as 18 months and up to 100...It is FDA listed as a Class I medical device in the United States and has Health Canada approval. Primary users include children with cerebral palsy, spina...
News > Technology
A Louisville Rehab Center Just Opened One of the Country's Most Advanced Assistive Technology Labs. Here's What Families Need to Know.
UofL Health's Frazier Rehabilitation Institute opened a 12,000-square-foot assistive...performance Environmental assessment of where the equipment will be used (home layout, school access, community spaces) Documentation of medical necessity...
News > Education
New Hampshire's Open Enrollment Bill Would Force Schools to Accept Students with Disabilities. Here's What Families with IEPs and 504 Plans Need to Know.
...responsibilities. According to the state Department of Education, a student's home district would continue to pay special education costs under IDEA. But the...IDEA. But the receiving district would pick up costs for 504 accommodations: health-related supports, ADHD accommodations, vision needs, and emotional disturbance...
Health > Treatment
Getting Your Child to Take Medicine: Evidence-Based Strategies That Actually Work
...impacts treatment outcomes and family stress levels. The stakes aren't small. Research shows that over 30% of medication errors in pediatric care occur at home, often because doses are missed, spit out, or refused entirely. When a child can't or won't take their medication, you're managing a gap in their care,...
Global Insights > Healthcare
Medicaid for Working Families: Katie Beckett Waivers, Dual Coverage, and Options You Didn't Know Existed
...one in three children with special health care needs, according to KFF. But most...hospital-level care but could be treated at home. In 1981, the Reagan administration...institution to receive coverage at home, regardless of parent income. The policy...require institutional care without home-based support, they may qualify for...
Financial > Grants
How to Get a USDA Section 504 Grant or Loan to Make Your Home Accessible
...another $8,000. You own your home, you're rural, and Medicaid...exists. The USDA Section 504 Home Repair program offers grants...accessibility modifications and health-and-safety repairs. If...structural fixes that make your home safe. Here's who qualifies,...categories of repairs: removing health or safety hazards, and...hazards, and making the home accessible...
Lifestyle > Art
How Art Therapy Helps Children and Adults with Special Needs: Benefits, Methods, and Getting Started
...recreational programming, or something parents can do at home with construction paper and markers. Art therapy...whether through a credentialed professional or at home while you're searching. What Art Therapy Is and...Therapy Is and What It's Not. Art therapy is a mental health profession where board-certified therapists use...
Health > Treatment
Managing Multiple Medications for Children with Medical Complexity: A Parent's Safety Guide
...medical complexity face a five times higher risk of adverse drug events than children on single medications. Over 30% of medication errors happen at home, not in hospitals. The system assumes someone is watching the whole picture. That someone is you. Here's how to build a safety system that works. Start...