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In-home care is a lifeline for nearly half a million elderly and disabled Californians, but year after year, the program is targeted with deep budget cuts.
On this website you’ll find ways to stay updated on, and get involved with the campaign to keep In-home care funded!
Home care is in the chopping block, but in-home caregivers, care recipients, and community allies have all been working to protect frail seniors and people with serious disabilities from deep budget cuts this year.
Now, caregivers have developed a solution that could save home care. It’s called the “In-Home Supportive Service Stabilization Act.” It could bring in $180-200 million more for home care in California.
Be a part of the solution: Take Action now!
Email Governor Schwarzenegger and Your State Reps. Tell them to support the act!
Back in November the social worker in Kauai called my husband and told him his dad was not doing well.
He was not eating, drinking water, or living. They could have sent him to a hospice, but instead my husband had them send him to our home in Lancaster, CA. [click to continue…]
I have been a home care worker for my aunt, Loretta Castro, for five years. She is paralyzed from the waist down and depends on me to help her stay mobile and independent.
Click here for more pictures of Michael and Loretta
At 89, she has a sharp mind and wants to be as independent as possible. She doesn’t want to be a voyeur of life but an active participant. [click to continue…]
I was born with spinal bifida, and was not expected to live past infancy. But I went to school, had a career as a legal secretary and continue to have a social life and a role in contributing to my community.
Click here for more pictures of Loretta Castro
I am chairman of an advisory committee for our local transportation system to make sure disabled people are treated right.
I am an In-Home Care Provider for my Special Needs step-son.
He is 15-years-old and has Williams Syndrome. Willams Syndrome consists of many disorders and symptoms, of which my step-son has these: severe ADHD; very trusting of strangers; speech delay; developmental delay; cannot read; dislexia with numbers; and unusual facial features, including flattened face, goes cross-eyed quickly, severe underbite, teeth have grown spaced and abnormally, and a heart condition called aortic stenosis. [click to continue…]
I am 44 years old and totally disabled due to several terminal illnesses. I no longer drive and can’t live independently without a lot of assistance. [click to continue…]
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