The SCAN Foundation

A Feb. "Policy Note" from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research found that hundreds of thousands of elderly and disabled Californians could lose vital home care and end up in nursing homes under the recent budget proposal from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.  According to the report, the governor's proposed cuts to the $5.5 billion In-Home Supportive Services program would turn back the clock on three decades of how society cares for the elderly and disabled.  The SCAN Foundation sponsored the research, which received wide media coverage throughout the state.

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Read the UCLA Newsroom article by clicking here:

Read the Kaiser Health News report by clicking here:

Read the YubaNet.com, news provider to the Sierra, article by clicking here:

Read the HCBS report from American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, which provides a quarterly update of home- and community- based service news: To read the report, click here: