[QUAD-L] Re: 99 Arrested as ADAPT Demands U.S. House Hearings on Community Choice Act

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For Immediate Release:
April 29, 2007

For information contact:
Bob Kafka (512) 431-4085
Marsha Katz (406) 544-9504

99 Arrested as ADAPT Demands U.S. House Hearings on Community Choice Act

Washington, D.C.--- 99 arrests occurred when ADAPT invaded the
Rayburn House Office Building to push for hearings on the Community Choice
Act (CCA, S 799 and H.R. 1621) by the House Energy and Commerce Committee
Subcommittee on Health. ADAPT took over the hearing room along with the
office of Rep. John Dingell (D-MI), and Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX), and filled
the horseshoe drive outside the Rayburn front door.

"We've been waiting for ten years for this legislation to pass,
and all the while Congress has refused to act on this national scandal of
America forcing people into nursing homes against their will," said Dawn
Russell, currently with ADAPT in Colorado. "I had to leave my home state
of Tennessee in order to get the assistance that would keep me out of a
nursing home. I want so much to be able to go home to Tennessee to be with
my family, but I can't because then I'd be forced into a nursing home just
because I need personal assistance to get through my day, and Tennessee
refuses to provide that assistance to people in their own homes. I won't
give up my freedom, my privacy, my dignity and the control over my life,
so I have to stay in exile in Colorado."

The CCA was introduced in March 2007, and is the newest version of
legislation that would remove the institutional bias in the nation's
outdated Medicaid program by allowing Medicaid to pay for the services and
supports people need to remain in their own homes. Currently under
Medicaid, states are federally mandated to provide only nursing home
services, and are not equally mandated to provide similar services in a
person's own home, thus diverting the person from being forced into a
nursing home or other institution. In order for the CCA to move through
Congress, the next step is to hold hearings. ADAPT met with the Democratic
National Committee (DNC) last week, and is meeting with the Republican
National Committee (RNC) this week to garner their support for hearings,
and to gain additional co-sponsors.

"It's easy for Congress to ignore us," said Guadalupe Vasquez of
Texas ADAPT. "After all, they all make a very good living and have great
benefits, and so they will never have to face the prospect of forced
institutionalization and loss of their freedom. On the other hand, many of
us live on $600/month, so we are the people who Congress, by its inaction,
is guaranteeing will lose our freedom. We'll lose our freedom, and we'll
be relegated to back wards where we will lie in our own waste until
someone eventually takes the time to change us, and where we acquire
deadly pressure sores because no one takes the time to reposition us. It's
way past time for Congress to correct this travesty."

The ability to stay in one's own home with needed services is even
more critical now that the baby boom generation has entered its
"disability years," the time of life when they are most likely to acquire
disabilities that will cause them to leave the workforce and apply for
disability benefits. Some members of ADAPT have been part of the
organization since its inception nearly 25 years ago, going from being
younger people with disabilities forced into nursing homes to elders of
retirement age, again being threatened with forced institutionalization.

Observed Barbara Toomer of Utah ADAPT, "More and more of us have
come to see the need for home and community-based services from two
perspectives- disability and aging. The perspectives may differ a bit, but
the desire to remain in our own homes with the services and supports we
need is exactly the same. We must assure passage of the Community Choice
Act now."

On Tuesday, May 1, ADAPT will host HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson
for a meeting at their hotel in the morning, and then will meet with Mike
Hudson, Chair of the Republican National Committee in the afternoon.

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[Quadius]

All of those sites appear to be decent.  What state are you from?  I know
that here in Tampa, you can go to the local news station's website and they
have a link which will send you to a site to get these forms are our state.

If you have a social worker, you might want to think about contacting them.
Quadius


On 4/30/07, Veranda Escobar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


My father is really ill. I need to find a website that give's me power of
attortney form & living will forms online for free in state of texas.  The
kind I just need to download & have him sign them in front of notary.Cananyone 
help me?

Thanks, Veranda

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I vote for the behind the neck headsets with mics.
 
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Has anyone had good/bad experiences with some microphones that Mount behind the 
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I understand and I appreciate the gravity of the subject. i don't know the John 
in question. 
 
john
50yld 31 yrs post C-5 
 
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John, glad to hear that it was not a you they referred to and you are alive and 
well.  But the John in question is still unknown.  Below is the post that 
prompted the e-mail.  Dan T.

To me it sounded as if he was almost bipolar, but that is mere speculation 
based on all of the information I heard I don't believe I ever came out and 
said what truly was going on in JOHN's life. One of the truly sad part of the 
story was that he was actually on the phone with his best friend and his wife 
when the sheriff's department showed up, after being called to the scene by a 
concerned neighbor. Believe it or not, he told his friend and wife that he was 
going to have to go because the police were breaking down the door and he 
needed to end things. The deputies that went in to check on his well-being then 
heard a shot in the garage and found him there with a gunshot wound to the 
head. 
Many people around here, including myself, are really tore up about this, but 
one of the overwhelming emotions that comes out in this particular type of case 
is anger. Why did it have to come to this? The only good thing that came out of 
this is that the television station started to discuss suicide much more than 
they had in the past. I had noticed the absolute absence of the subject and 
considering that it accounts for many more deaths in my area than homicide, I 
think preventive measures and signs should be publicized much more readily by 
the broadcast systems. 

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
Ouch Dan. I've never tried suicide. I'm sure that dashes some hopes. Not sure 
why you would think I did that. 
Quadius, do you have some thoughts bugging you? Somehow I can't find the rest 
of this thread. I hope everyone is in good spirits.
 
john
 
 
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Sent: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:37 PM
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Are you referring to the John that used to post here and often lengthy posts 
involving government history etc.?

Quadius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 
To me it sounded as if he was almost bipolar, but that is mere speculation 
based on all of the information I heard I don't believe I ever came out and 
said what truly was going on in John's life.  One of the truly sad part of the 
story was that he was actually on the phone with his best friend and his wife 
when the sheriff's department showed up, after being called to the scene by a 
concerned neighbor.  Believe it or not, he told his friend and wife that he was 
going to have to go because the police were breaking down the door and he 
needed to end things.  The deputies that went in to check on his well-being 
then heard a shot in the garage and found him there with a gunshot wound to the 
head. 
Many people around here, including myself, are really tore up about this, but 
one of the overwhelming emotions that comes out in this particular type of case 
is anger.  Why did it have to come to this?  The only good thing that came out 
of this is that the television station started to discuss suicide much more 
than they had in the past.  I had noticed the absolute absence of the subject 
and considering that it accounts for many more deaths in my area than homicide, 
I think preventive measures and signs should be publicized much more readily by 
the broadcast systems. 
When I was in the Army I went through a case where a young woman took her life 
and like most, there were signs that people missed.  Thankfully the Army makes 
sure everyone has suicide prevention training on a yearly basis.  I sincerely 
hope this station and the others in this area will consider similar measures. 
Thanks for the inquiry.
Quadius



On 4/24/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 
Did you ever know why he committed suicide?
Dana
 
he had no hope for some reason!






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  From: Veranda Escobar 
  To: quad-list@eskimo.com 
  Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 12:01 PM
  Subject: [QUAD-L] Free Online Forms


  My father is really ill. I need to find a website that give's me power of 
attortney form & living will forms online for free in state of texas.  The kind 
I just need to download & have him sign them in front of notary.Can anyone help 
me?

  Thanks, Veranda


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[Dan]

Hi Varanda,

This site  has them 
all and are free for downloading. My thoughts are with you and your dad.

Dan V


At 09:01 AM 4/30/2007 -0700, Veranda Escobar said something that elicited my 
response:
  
>My father is really ill. I need to find a website that give's me power of 
>attortney form & living will forms online for free in state of texas.  The 
>kind I just need to download & have him sign them in front of notary.Can 
>anyone help me?
> 
>Thanks, Veranda
>
>
>Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell?
>Check out 
>new
> cars at Yahoo! Autos. 

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In a message dated 4/30/2007 11:01:40 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

My father is really ill. I need to find a website that give's me power of  
attortney form & living will forms online for free in state of  texas.  The 
kind 
I just need to download & have him sign them in  front of notary.Can anyone 
help me?
 
Thanks, Veranda



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[QUAD-L] Free Online Forms

[Veranda Escobar]

My father is really ill. I need to find a website that give's me power of 
attortney form & living will forms online for free in state of texas.  The kind 
I just need to download & have him sign them in front of notary.Can anyone help 
me?
   
  Thanks, Veranda

   
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