Dora's Hope http://www.dorashope.org Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:55:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Tony Orlando helps Medicaid reform supporters celebrate recent legislative success From left to right, back row: Southbury resident Joe Stango, Bob Veillette’s sons Dr. Greg Veillette and Mark Veillette, Naugatuck resident Bonnie Veillette and entertainer Tony Orlando. Front row, left to right: Naugatuck resident Bob Veillette and his daughter Stephanie DeLuca of Terryville. Tony Orlando, the entertainer who immortalized the yellow ... http://www.dorashope.org/tonyo/ Medicaid reform bill gains 10,000 signatures of support, 15 legislative co-sponsors WATERBURY, Conn. (March 25, 2008) — The Medicaid reform bill pending in the Legislature has received letters with more than 10,000 signatures of support and gained 15 legislative co-sponsors. The bill (SB No. 561) would increase the number of ... http://www.dorashope.org/medicaid-reform-bill-gains-10000-signatures-of-support-15-legislative-co-sponsors/ Proposed bill would expand Money Follows the Person, add skilled workers to support more home care WATERBURY, Conn. (Feb. 14, 2008) — Medicaid reform activist Joe Stango today proposed legislation that would expand the new home-care program he helped create and ensure there will be enough skilled workers available to support a fundamental shift to greater consumer choice in Connecticut's Medicaid system. ... http://www.dorashope.org/proposed-bill/ Effort to get nursing home choice begins RepublicanAmerican October 10, 2007 Medicare would pay for home care ... http://www.dorashope.org/article1/ Connecticut receives a $24.2 million federal grant to implement Money Follows the Person, for 700 Connecticut residents over the next five years. In 2005 Joseph Stango, a Southbury, Connecticut resident, attempted to bring his 83-year-old mother, Dora, home from a skilled nursing facility. Stango learned, however, that because his mother's care was paid by Medicaid, the government health insurance for lowincome elderly and disabled persons, Dora Stango's benefits would not follow ... http://www.dorashope.org/connecticut/ Governor Rell Announces $24.2 Million Federal Grant to Help Connecticut Residents Move from Nursing Homes Governor M. Jodi Rell today announced that Connecticut is receiving a $24.2 million federal grant to pioneer new ways of helping people move from nursing facilities and other institutions to life at home with family and friends. The initiative has become known in Connecticut as Money Follows the Person. ... http://www.dorashope.org/governor-rell/ Bill makes accessing Medicaid help easier Resource center gives care options SOUTHBURY — Elderly people and their families soon will have a place to get information about Medicaid benefits for themselves and relatives. Gov. M. Jodi Rell has signed a bill that sets aside $1 million to create an Age and Disability Resource Center, a ... http://www.dorashope.org/bill/ In the Problem May Lie a Solution As seen in the November 11, 2006 By AVI SALZMAN AT least once a ... http://www.dorashope.org/in-the-problem-may-lie-a-solution/ More options for the elderly Sunday, March 12, 2006 Copyright © 2006 Republican-American ... http://www.dorashope.org/article2/ Background on the National “Money Follows the Person” (MFP) Initiative Money Follows the Person (MFP) is a federal program intended to broaden the use of Medicaid dollars for the care of the elderly and disabled in their own homes. For those states participating in the Money Follows the ... http://www.dorashope.org/background/