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Protect home care for Missourians!
April 7, 2010
Home care attendants and consumers are coming together around the state to protect the critical care nearly 50,000 Missouri seniors and people with disabilities depend on. Proposed changes to the state's Consumer Directed Services Program--including a plan to contract with an outside firm to assess consumer needs--threaten to undermine the future of home care for many in the state.
Seniors, people with disabilities and home care attendants held a press conference April 7th in the Capitol to call on the Governor and their elected officials to protect Missouri families by stopping attempts to cut care and fully funding the state's home care program. The same day, the Missouri Home Care Union ran an ad in the Jefferson City News Tribune (pictured above). To download the full ad, click here.
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Victory in our fight to stop home care caps!
On February 18th, we made a difference for Missouri seniors and people with disabilities.
February 20, 2010
Home care attendants and consumers from throughout the state traveled to Jefferson City on February 18 to tell the state not to cut critical home care services for Missouri seniors and people with disabilities. We united with Centers for Independent Living and advocacy groups to stop a plan that would have devastated seniors and people with disabilities by capping consumers’ hours at less than two hours per day—and we won! The very next day the Governor announced that he was withdrawing his proposed caps on consumers’ hours.
We know that when we unite we have the strength to protect the people we care for. Even though we stopped these arbitrary caps on hours, we must stand together to make sure home care is protected and fully funded.
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Tell Governor Nixon: Don't cut care!
February 8, 2010
The state is looking to make cuts to home care that will have a devastating impact on thousands of seniors and people with disabilities. We cannot let that happen.
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Standing together for dignity, respect and the right to live independently.
In November 2008, Missourians demanded a better home care program by voting for the Quality Home Care Act. That's when thousands of home care providers came together to build a strong voice for quality home care throughout the state--the Missouri Home Care Union.
Since then, the Missouri Home Care Union has been fighting to protect and improve the state's home care program by joining with other senior and disability rights allies to make sure the Quality Home Care Act is implemented. The state must respect those who provide this critical care and ensure continued access to care for seniors and people with disabilities.
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