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Woman Has Heart Set on Home – Indiana Public Radio WBOI 89.1FM

Midday Matters, Sean and Dan talk with Joe Stanko, founder of Dora’s Hope, about Medicaid reform on home health care issues. And later in the hour, Major Harold Poff from the Salvation Army joins us to talk about the organizations famous red kettle campaign. Indiana Public Radio WBOI 89.1FM Monday December 5, 2011 [Audio clip: [...]

Tara on The Journal Gazette

Woman Has Heart Set on Home Medicaid policies keeping her 3 hours away draw attention By Niki Kelly – December 2, 2011 INDIANAPOLIS – Tara Sheley just wants to be at home with her mother for Christmas. But there is nothing simple about the 38-year-old disabled woman’s request. “I want to get my life back,” [...]

Tara and Joe on Indiana’s NewsCenter

In Your Corner: Trach Patient’s Fight Goes National By Ryan Elijah - November 4, 2011 Since our story aired nearly a year ago about a 38-year-old fighting to go home from a nursing home, she’s now become the face for a Medicaid change on Capitol Hill. Last January, Tara Sheley came to us with a goal [...]

Urgent Appeal from Joe Stango

January 31, 2011
Consumers receiving Medicaid assistance normally don’t have the option of long-term care at home. It’s often necessary to transfer them to nursing home facilities far from their homes and families, to institutions that may not be equipped to provide the level of care they’d prefer.

Plight of Paralyzed Youth Highlights Martin Luther King’s Dream of Justice for All

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January 14, 2011
Martin Luther King Jr.’s spirit lives on in the hearts of Americans who – like Choice Centered Medicaid (CCM) – advocate for the rights of those whose voices might not otherwise be heard. On December 21st, thanks in part to the efforts of CCM, Hector Pantojas, 24, returned home [...]

More young people are winding up in nursing homes

By MATT SEDENSKY, Associated Press Matt Sedensky, Associated Press – Fri Jan 7, 6:19 pm ET SARASOTA, Fla. – Adam Martin doesn’t fit in here. No one else in this nursing home wears Air Jordans. No one else has stacks of music videos by 2Pac and Jay-Z. No one else is just 26. It’s no longer unusual to find [...]