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主页 / 相册 / Baltimore - Washington DC, Spring 1995 34
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PHOTO: A group of about 20 ADAPTers hanging out on a lawn in a park. At the center Jennifer McPhail in a red cap, back to the camera, talks with Gwen Jackson.
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PHOTO by Tom Olin?: Side of building with big white bricks, two windows one with a window Unit AC. A man [Mark Pasquesi] is climbing up to the window. The windows and side of the building have about 10 yellow and green poster/signs taped on. Messages are "piss on pity", Mi casa su casa my home not yours", "Newt enjoys wasting time", "Nursing homes = no freedom", "Hey Newt We'll be back love ADAPT", "Eliminate nursing home waste", "Give a hoot" and "People before profits." At the bottom of the photo you can see the tops of a couple of people's heads and video camera held by someone [Gordie Haug?}].
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PHOTO: A group of ADAPT folks are hanging out in front of some bushes. A woman in a manual wheelchair [Julie Farrar] is smiling and has her arm around the shoulder of a smiling man [Randy] who is kneeling beside her. On Julie's left side, in a white beanie hat and sun glasses, sits Dennis Smith. Behind him in a blue ADAPT shirt is Dorian Seigle. On the right side of the photo a small man in a green cap looks at the camera with a kind of a smile. In front of him, facing Julie and Randy is a woman in a wheelchair.
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PHOTO by Tom Olin?: A man [Dorian Siegel] is climbing on the side of a building with large whitish bricks at the edge of a window with a window unit AC. He is taping a poster to the window ; the poster reads "Down with Newt." By Dorians foot you can see the top of another man's [Frank Krall] head.
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THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1995 USA TODAY SILVER SPRING-About 100 American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today protesters, many in wheelchairs, blocked Route 29 for several hours. They want 25% of Medicare dollars to go to home care. MAY 18, 1995 METROPOLITAN TIMES SILVER SPRING [Headline] Wheelchair protest blocks Route 29 Thirty wheelchair-bound protesters were arrested for blocking traffic on a major Montgomery County thorough-fare in a four-hour demonstration. Members of a grass-roots organization of disabled people said they want to force Manor Care, one of the nation's largest nursing home operators, out of business. The group blocked traffic in both directions on Route 29 and Lockwood Drive between White Oak and Four Corners. On Tuesday, members of the group, Americans Disabled for Attendant Programs Today, demonstrated outside the home of House Speaker Newt Gingrich because they say he reneged on a promise to introduce legislation that would help dis-abled Americans live more in-dependently. THE WASHINGTON POST MAY 18,1995 [Headline] Disabled Protesters Are Arrested After Blockading Building Nearly 100 protesters in wheelchairs were arrested yesterday after blockading the Silver Spring headquarters of Man-or Care Inc., the nation's fourth-largest owner and open-tor of nursing homes, police said. As many as 250 protesters gathered about 11 a.m. outside the Manor Care offices on Coles-vile Road and demanded a meet-ing with company Chairman Stewart Bainum Jr. Leaders of the group asked Bainum to sign a letter urging Congress to divert 25 percent of current Medicaid funding of nursing home care to home health care, a Manor Care spokeswoman said. When the company officials refused to sign the letter, the protesters—members of the group Americans Disabled for Attendant Programs Today—blocked off all entrances to the building for about four hours, refusing to allow anyone to enter or leave. Diane Cook, a Manor Care spokeswoman, said the company agrees with "many of their points." But she characterized the protest as a "publicity issue" that did not interrupt the company's operation. After blocking off parts of New Hampshire Avenue and Colesville Road for several hours to protect the demonstrators, Montgomery County police be-gan making arrests shortly before 4 p.m.
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PHOTO: On a rainy day on a four lane highway a line of ADAPT folks in wheelchairs spans the road. They are fading away from the camera and toward four lanes of traffic stopped but building up on the highway. From left to right the ADAPTers are Danny Saenz?, unknown person in a blue coat, unknown person in a power chair, Crosby King, Frank Lozano with his service dog, and Spitfire with her pink pants and I Am A Survivor sweatshirt. Between the cars and the protesters are a few police officers, walking back and forth.
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PHOTO: Several ADAPT members, including Frank Krall in the turquoise sleeveless shirt, try to force open some brass and glass doors, while people on the inside try to hold them shut. People in wheelchairs are sitting ready to go in once the doors are opened.
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May 17, 1995 [Image] PHOTO by AP/Wide World Press: A dozen or more ADAPT people in wheelchairs sit in front of a door. There is a railing in the middle of the group and up against the door are wo police officers. Kevin Ervin of West Virginia ADAPT is sitting on the left side of the photo behind the railing wearing dark sunglasses next to the standing person with the wild hair. Someone [maybe Mary Johnson of the Disability Rag] is on a phone next to the door. Above that persons's head is a poster taped to the wall that reads "Shame on Newt." [Image caption] Budget Cuts Protest- U.S. Capitol police officers guard the front door as disabled activists and other demonstrators gather outside the apartment building of House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgie Tuesday to protest Medicare and budget cuts.
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Working with the Governors and with consumers and advocacy groups, we have made a number of key regulatory changes over the past two years that demonstrate our strong views about offering incentives for states to expand community based care. Despite grave threats of erosion of the fundamental structure of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, we continue to pursue ways to encourage this movement. The Department of Health and Human Services is also pursuing an ambitious research and demonstration agenda to find imaginative, new ways to maximize consumer choice and self determination. Many of the elements of this research agenda will have the immediate result of helping many people receive the supports they need. We will, for example, look at new ways to help consumers hire, train and manage their attendants, at alternative providers, and experiment with offering consumers cash instead of services. I take great pride in being part of an Administration that promotes these basic principles. am pleased that we have made so much headway in moving toward their realization, although I recognize that we still have much work to do. I continue to appreciate the opportunity to work with the disability community as WC work toward our common goals.
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PHOTO: A crowd of ADAPT folks are gathered in a greenery filled parking area. In front of them, blocking them in, is a line of police cars. Mike Oxford is visible behind the police cars looking toward the group. Sever other people are standing around in the parking area, It looks like another angle of the picture ADAPT 909.
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STATEMENT BY HIS SECRETARY DONNA E. SHALALA SUPPORTING THE PRINCIPLES OF HOME AND COMMUNITY CARE AND CONSUMER CHOICE AND SELF-DETERMINATION I want to take this opportunity to reaffirm our support for the principles of emphasizing home and community based services and offering consumers the maximum amount of choice, control, and flexibility in how those services are organized and delivered. Specifically, we support the principles of: • promoting greater control for consumers to select, manage, and direct their own personal attendant services; • expanding community-based, non-institutional supports; • promoting the use of functional assessments to determine eligibility for home and community based services; • offering opportunities for states to: (a) provide services in both in-home and out-of-home locations; (b) provide services at any time during the day or night; and (c) offer back-up and emergency services; • experimenting with alternative ways to finance services (such as vouchers and direct cash payments) in addition to the traditional agency-based model; • encouraging the use of alternative providers, including informal providers such as friends and relatives; • developing new ways to help consumers train and manage their attendants; • demonstrating a commitment to the quality of life of the people who provide attendant care; and • encouraging the use of agreed-upon individualized plans for attendant care. The Administration has been steadfast in its support for community care for people of all ages who have disabilities. We know that most people prefer home and community supports and we are pleased that many states are moving aggressively to use their own funds and federal support to improve the quality of life of people who use these supports and those who provide them. We also recognize that the vast majority of home and community care today is provided by family members and friends. They are there because they choose to be there to support their loved ones. But they need some support and reinforcement. One of the key ways government can help families is to offer some relief, in the form of home and community based services.
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I want to take this opportunity to reaffirm our support for the principles of emphasizing home and community based services and offering consumers the maximum amount of choice, control, and flexibility in how those services are organized and delivered. Specifically, we support the principles of promoting greater control for consumers to select, manage, and direct their own personal attendant services. -Donna Shalala
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On a rainy misty day, more than 25 ADAPT members sit in a line across a big street blocking the road. Someone is holding the ADAPT flag with the stars arranged as the access symbol. Paratransit vans are parked on the side behind them and another road goes climbs at an angle behind the group. Big downtown city buildings are in the background.
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THE Montgomery Journal The daily newspaper of Montgomery County, Md. Thursday, May 18, 1995 [Image] [Image caption] Demonstrators that blocked Route 29 for more than four hours are arrested by county police officers yesterday. Katherine Frey/Journal [Headline] Nearly 100 arrested in health care protest By TOM BERSON Journal staff writer Police arrested about 100 disabled people, many in wheelchairs, yesterday after an all-day protest that blocked dozens of people in-side a nursing home provider's headquarters in Silver Spring and tied up traffic on Columbia Pike for hours. Police charged the protesters with trespassing and disorderly conduct after some members of the group Americans Disabled for Attendant Programs Today encircled a Manor Care Inc. building and blocked all entrances and exits, while others lined up across Columbia Pike. It was the largest county police action of the year, but the number of protesters wasn't the only difficulty in clearing the scene. It took hours for police to figure out how to arrest so many people in wheelchairs. Police had to drag and carry some of the protesters, who chanted, "We'd rather go to jail than die in a nursing home." "We really don't want to arrest them," police spokesman Sgt. Prank W. Young said yesterday afternoon. Group members said they had come from 28 states to meet with House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., in search of more Medicare funding for in-home attendant care programs. When Gingrich refused to meet with them, they decided to ask Manor Care executives to sign a letter endorsing their proposal, which calls for diverting some Medicare funding for nursing homes. "So much of the budget goes for nursing homes and not much money goes for in-home attendant services," Nate Butler, 43, of Baltimore, said. "The reason we're here is Manor Care is a major player in nursing homes." [Image] [Image caption] Brenda Hanna (right) of Topeka, Kans., and Shirley Klein of Charleston, W.Va., protest Medicare's funding formula. Jeff Taylor, Journal Manor Care is the fourth largest nursing home provider in the United States, according to company spokesman Gregory Miller. The protesters arrived at Route 29 about 11 a.m. to block traffic until they could get a meeting with Manor Care executives, said protester Bob Liston, 43, of Michigan. Ten protesters met with Stewart Bainum Jr., chairman of the board and CEO of Manor Care Inc. for about a half-hour at noon. Bainum said that the meeting went well and that there was agreement on several issues, although he did not endorse the letter. "The nursing home of today is not the same as it was years ago," Bainum said. There is now much more of a focus on rehabilitation," he said. "Over 80 percent of our patients go back home and lead productive lives for decades to come," he said. Bainum said his company was sympathetic to the protesters and offered to lobby with the group for more overall Medicare funding. Liston said he wasn't satisfied. "We didn't get diddly," he said. The group moved from the street to the doors of Manor Care. The protesters did not allow employees to enter or exit the building for hours, although some were able to squeeze out through the doors with the help of police officers. Vicki Dobinski, a fiscal coordinator from Silver Spring, was able to get out, but then realized she had left her car keys inside. "I don't disagree with the people or the cause," she said. "But not being able to get into my office, I'm a bit frustrated." Valerie Williams, a graphic design-er from Silver Spring, also said she had nothing against the protesters. "They have every right to be angry and be upset and stand up for their rights," she said. Some people stuck in the building were there for a health fair, and didn't work for Manor Care. One of them, Kandy Hirsch, a massage therapist, said she fell down struggling to get out and lost a $40 piece of her massage chair in the crowd. "I don't have any gripe with their politics," she said. "I just have an appointment I'm going to be late for." As the day went on, Manor Care officials began to complain that some people needed to get out to pick up their kids from day care, but the protesters wouldn't budge. [Image] [Image caption] Mary Hither (right) of Philadelphia and Elaine Kolb (second from right) of West Haven, Conn., voice disapproval of Medicare's funding formula. Jeff Taylor/Journal "Whenever you're in a 'war' situation, and you take prisoners of war, you don't ask what they do," said George Wolf, 43, of Kansas. Another protester likened the plight of the disabled to blacks be-fore the Civil Rights Act. "We suffer from segregation just the way any black person did," said Lucy Gwin, 52, of New York, citing high numbers of disabled people who are unemployed or "shuttled off to a home in the woods." While protesters chanted slogans outside the doors of Manor Care, others remained on Columbia Pike where they waved signs at passing cars until the road was closed at about 3:30 p.m. The road closing backed up traffic for miles. One neighbor said she sympathized with the protesters' message, but said they were defeating their own cause by angering motorists. "The traffic is unbelievable," said Margaret Kerr of Silver Spring. "This is a monumental disgrace. I told one of the protesters, 'I'm all for your cause, but I think you're alienating an awful lot of people." More than 50 police officers were called in from all five districts. More than a dozen officers who had been taking a civil disobedience training class at the police academy at the time also were called in. Traffic was blocked at University Avenue and the cloverleaf for New Hampshire Avenue as arrests began at 4 p.m. and continued through rush hour. Students at five county schools were kept in class for an extra 30 minutes because buses were held up in the traffic, said Carolyn Reed, county schools bus operations manager. Police spokeswoman Ann Evans described the logistics of cleaning up the scene as "a nightmare." Police borrowed transport vehicles for the disabled from Ride-On and other county agencies to trans-port the protesters to the Silver Spring Armory, where they were to be given citations for trespassing and released. Others were processed at buildings and streets near the scene. Because the effort was time-consuming and diverted manpower from regular beats, police didn't arrest anyone who left peacefully. Young said.