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CROR Outcomes, HCBS Quality Matters, MRSCICS Matters

CROR Outcomes is a quarterly newsletter featuring research updates on our projects at our RRTC on Employment and Disability.

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  • This is a picture of a person in a wheelchair and their family member looking out to a group of people standing in a field.

    Barriers to Care in Rural and Urban Settings

    There are an estimated 41 million people with disabilities in the United States, according to census data from 2019. While individuals with disabilities can be found in every community in the US, researchers have noticed certain trends in the rates of disability by geographic area.

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  • This is a picture of Latoya Maddox. She is a black woman who is wearing a pink shirt and has pink braided hair.

    Participant Council Member Latoya Maddox Works to Normalize Disability

    Latoya Maddox, an Independent Living Specialist at Liberty Resources, and a Participant Council member for the Rehabilitation 嫩B研究院 Training Center on Home and Community-based Services at SRAlab, never expected to work in her position.

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  • This is an image of Niveda Tennety. She is leaning against a wall and is wearing a white sweater with jeans.

    嫩B研究院 Informed by Care: Niveda Tennety uses Storytelling to Inform Work

    In her ten months as a research assistant at the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes 嫩B研究院, Niveda Tennety said one of the most important lessons she has learned is the value of storytelling.

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  • A female direct care worker, who is in scrubs and wearing a hijab, is helping a black man in a wheel chair, who is wearing jeans and a flannel shirt, put on his shoes.

    Health Disparities among HCBS Recipients

    Among the discussion of racial equity and disparities in all areas of American life, disparities in healthcare utilization and people’s experiences with the healthcare system have picked up steam between policymakers, clinicians, analysts, and patients.

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  • A black man is holding two stacks of gold coins in each hand. The stack of coins in the left hand is smaller than the stack of coins in the right hand.

    Disparities Among Direct Care Workers May Impact Services

    Direct Care Workers (DCW) provide support to older adults and people with disabilities in leading the lives they want.

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  • Older couple in their 70s looking at each other worried

    People with Parkinson's Experience High Levels of Financial Stress

    People diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease experience the same level of financial stress as someone dealing with advanced cancer even if they’re still working and receiving a paycheck.

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    Profile on Alex Wong

    Being a two-career family has always been a balancing act for Alex Wong, PhD, 嫩B研究院 Scientist at the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes 嫩B研究院 (CROR), and his wife, Mandy Fong, PhD, a neuropsychologist and Assistant Professor at Washington University.

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