San Francisco Chronicle, Monday, October 19, 1992

TITLE: S.F. Protesters In Wheelchairs Bar Hotel Exits

By Dan Levy, Chronicle Staff Writer

Hundreds of demonstrators in wheelchairs calling for a national program for home attendant care surrounded a downtown San Francisco hotel last night in a noisy protest.

The protesters blocked the driveway and main entrances to the San Francisco Marriott hotel on Fourth Street for more than an hour, disrupting the opening night convention activities of the American Health Care Association, which represents the nursing home industry.

Police in riot gear formed a narrow corridor for hotel guests to pass in and out of the hotel on the Market Street side, but the building was blocked at Fourth Street by about 300 demonstrators -most in motorized wheelchairs, some with dog guides — chanting “Up with attendant care, down with nursing homes."

There were no arrests.

Attendant care advocates have urged that $25 million of the federal Medicaid budget currently allocated to nursing homes be used to create a national program for home care.

Wade Blank, a founder of the Denver-based advocacy group, American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today, said home attendant care is less expensive than institutional care and allows disabled people to live in their communities.

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Dan Levy, Chronicle Staff Writer, San Francisco Chronicle

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