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CROR Outcomes, HCBS Quality Matters, MRSCICS Matters

CROR Outcomes is a quarterly newsletter featuring research updates on our projects at our RRTC on Employment and Disability.

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  • This is a picture of a black nurse and an elderly white woman working together to address the patients' care plan.

    Challenges to Accessing HCBS in Rural Communities

    In order to meet the growing demand for LTSS, states must adjust their spending and invest more money and workforce development in home and community-based services (HCBS).

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    Barriers to Care in Rural and Urban Settings

    There are an estimated 41 million people with disabilities in the United States, according to census data from 2019. While individuals with disabilities can be found in every community in the US, researchers have noticed certain trends in the rates of disability by geographic area.

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  • This is a picture of Latoya Maddox. She is a black woman who is wearing a pink shirt and has pink braided hair.

    Participant Council Member Latoya Maddox Works to Normalize Disability

    Latoya Maddox, an Independent Living Specialist at Liberty Resources, and a Participant Council member for the Rehabilitation Research Training Center on Home and Community-based Services at SRAlab, never expected to work in her position.

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  • This is an image of Niveda Tennety. She is leaning against a wall and is wearing a white sweater with jeans.

    Research Informed by Care: Niveda Tennety uses Storytelling to Inform Work

    In her ten months as a research assistant at the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research, Niveda Tennety said one of the most important lessons she has learned is the value of storytelling.

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  • A female direct care worker, who is in scrubs and wearing a hijab, is helping a black man in a wheel chair, who is wearing jeans and a flannel shirt, put on his shoes.

    Health Disparities among HCBS Recipients

    Among the discussion of racial equity and disparities in all areas of American life, disparities in healthcare utilization and people¡¯s experiences with the healthcare system have picked up steam between policymakers, clinicians, analysts, and patients.

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  • A black man is holding two stacks of gold coins in each hand. The stack of coins in the left hand is smaller than the stack of coins in the right hand.

    Disparities Among Direct Care Workers May Impact Services

    Direct Care Workers (DCW) provide support to older adults and people with disabilities in leading the lives they want.

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  • Older couple in their 70s looking at each other worried

    People with Parkinson's Experience High Levels of Financial Stress

    People diagnosed with Parkinson¡¯s disease experience the same level of financial stress as someone dealing with advanced cancer even if they¡¯re still working and receiving a paycheck.

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