IndependentChoices: Family Caregivers and Adults with Disabilities in Arkansas

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Article Publication Date: 
11/17/2001
Summary: 
Presented at the Gerontological Society of America's 54th Annual Scientific Meeting, this presentation includes detailed stories of consumers' experiences with the cash option.
Article Author: 
Eckert, J.K.; San Antonio, P.; Siegel, K.; Simon-Rusinowitz, L.; Mahoney, K.J.
Populations: 
Personal Assistant; Caregivers
Sources: 
NRCPDS
family relationship in paid caregiving; family context of care; community context of care; Value of the IndependentChoices Program; Alternate uses of the cash benefit; Experiences with agency workers; Twenty-seven care unit stories; consumer/representative perspective; paid worker perspective; counselor perspective; Transcribed interviews

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Elizabeth Maguire
National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services
elizabeth.maguire.1@bc.edu
Phone: 
617-552-0562

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