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What Can People Do?
Here are some ideas for you and your group to help fight for the civil right to live in the community with adequate support:
- Learn about the long-term care system. Contact RoAnne Chaney or Carolyn LeJuste at our office to talk to your group about long-term care.
- Identify people in your area who can advocate for change.
- Build relationships with your legislators. Tell them this is not a partisan (Democrat or Republican) issue. It is about civil rights. To contact your state Representative, go to: http://house.mi.gov/find_a_rep.asp. To contact your state Senator, go to: http://www.senate.michigan.gov/SenatorInfo/find-your-senator.htm.
- Tell legislators and everyone you know that we need: Money Follows the Person (to where they want to live), a Single Point of Entry, money according to need, a fair process for everyone, and a living wage for personal assistants (direct care workers).
- Write letters to editors, legislators, and the Governor.
- Ask others to help reform the system.
- Volunteer for speakers' bureaus or panel discussions.
- Do presentations in your community. Our office can help you with this.
- Volunteer for Citizens for Better Care to help monitor nursing homes and find out what goes on there.
