Bryson Smith was his usual laid back self at the Austin Fun Run this year.
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- Defend Don’t Defund Our Medicaid Services was the message of the mass protest at the Cannon House Office Building in 2011.
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- John Hoffman, Bob and Barbara Tegtmeier, and Gil Casarez breakfast at the Free Our People March from Philadelphia to DC in 2009
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- ADAPT holds giant message banner at 11th and Congress in front of the TX Capitol in Austin.
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- It’s Time for the Community Choice Act was the message of the ADAPT protest in DC
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- Desert ADAPTers demonstrate that Access is a Civil Right at El Paso Downtown Burger King.
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- “We’re Not Cash Cows” ADAPTers chanted at the HMO conference in Washington DC
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- TX ADAPT/Not Dead Yet members protest the “Wrongful Life” case heard by the Texas Supreme Court at Baylor University.
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- Lee Sanders, JT and Jim Wise hold a banner outside the Texas Capitol Governor’s office for the occupation.
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- Takeover of a bureaucrats’ den is sometimes the only way to get their attention, as Sparky, George and Rona can attest.
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- ADAPTers of all ages join together to call for more community services.
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- Karen finds the joy in speaking truth to power.
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- JT flies the ADAPT flag high above protest of AHCA convention
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- “We will Ride The Dirty Dog” Jennifer, David and Sean chant as the block inaccessible Greyhound from leaving the terminal
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- ADAPT of Texas overnight occupation of the Governor’s office for the Community Based Alternative and closure of the State Schools.
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- Governor Richards addresses group regarding community services.
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- Wayne Spahn, Sparky Metz and Diana Webster at DHS protest for community services
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- Fun Runners from many groups joined up on the track.
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- Felix and Cathy at the sign in table
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- Fun Runner Eric Clow enjoys the beautiful weather as he does his laps at the Austin Fun Run
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- Nancy Crowther and another Fun Runner get ready to do their laps on the Yellow Jacket stadium tack
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- Bryson Smith was his usual laid back self at the Austin Fun Run this year.
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My first real job was a certified nurse’s asasstint in a nursing home. As I moved on thru life for the next 6 years thereafter I worked in several other nursing homes and similar facilities. I adored working as a CNA because the work suited me and I loved the elderly. You indicated you’d like to hear what other folk’s thoughts are on the workers. Unfortunately, even though I worked in 2 different states and many different facilites, my opinion of my coworkers and the jobs I have seen them perform is that about most care more or less about the elderly they work for but 50% or more of my coworkers have been hardened by the uncaringness of folks around them and their work is lacking greatly. I had some caring folks train me and it taught me to work hard. But because the staff is very much a cliche overworked, underpayed, underappreciated by people at the top there are SO many ways to get away with doing a poor job. Staff may appear to be supervised but we are very much doing our work behind the scenes in order to enable privacy for our patients. Patients may or may not know that they are being mistreated, and if the do, they may likely feel like keeping mum about poor treatment do to an employee’s retaliation behind the scenes, etc etc. After working as a nurse’s aid, and also seeing my memere placed in a facility (against my wishes) which went exactly as I guessed it would, I would never ever place my loved ones or my in-laws in a facility. The care they receive there is so variable from day to day. The facility could be beautiful, bright, cheery and have great food, but if an aid puts dirty clothing on you, doesn’t do a good job helping you wash up, skips a pad change, doesn’t bother clipping nails until they smell just endless amounts of details that could make someone uncomfortable to downright sick, details that are so easily passed over by busy workers then the facility is no good in my opinion. I have no suggestions on how to figure out if an employee is a good one or not. I just feel that it is so unlikely that I could count on good care for my loved one, day after day, that I personally will never place a family member in a nursing home, center, etc.
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