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(Helping Elderly and Disabled in Need Gain Support)

An organization Providing Advocacy and Informational Support Group Services

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3-15-02  Press Release - Article by Dawna Smith  "On February 10, 2002, the Aged Disabled Support Group began requesting IRS Form 990 disclosure reports from West Virginia senior centers, homemaker, and case management agencies. We did this to verify Secretary Nusbaum's reasoning for the new Aged Disabled Waiver policy change, which shifts many Case Management responsibilities to the homemaker and/or senior center agency side, because he told us "several homemaker and senior center agencies were having financial difficulty". 

3-12-02 Press Release - Follow Linda Chapman's Walk, as the Spencer, WV, Black Lung Widow begins her journey March 15, 2002, to Washington D. C.

3-7-02   Letter to the Editor - Same went to all newspapers - Definite conflict of interest regarding Council on Aging and All Care Home and Community Services....

2-25-02  Press Release - The Aged Disabled Support Group of West Virginia was formed by David and Dawna Smith and Jack and Amanda Steiger in February 2002, to help bring together not just those who receive Medicaid services, but also other elderly and disabled persons who are in need of additional services and support.  The Smiths and Steigers have two family members who receive Medicaid services, one is paralyzed and the other has severe emphysema and is on oxygen.