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Assistance could be slashed

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Sadly, I am calling attention to the fact that both the state House and the Senate budget programs reduce the Medicare-funded in-home-care hours available to vulnerable seniors and young clients. More than 32,000 low-income people with disabilities rely on programs such as COPES to remain in their homes and in their communities.

COPES services include assistance in daily living. Clients are served either by an individual provider or a home care agency. Without the help of their aides, some clients, and especially those with multiple chronic conditions, would be driven to expensive site-funded nursing homes. A smaller cut to client hours also represents a smaller cut to low-wage workers who provide these critical services.

ADSA partners with the center, Medicare and Medicaid services and the Area Agency on Aging to implement the COPES waiver.

Marion Moos

Spokane

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