AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

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ADSA Online Publications

Below is a listing of ADSA brochures, booklets, handbooks, and cards. You can read these publications online as text-only (English only) or as an actual picture of the entire publication in PDF format (requires Acrobat Reader).

Most ADSA publications have also been translated in seven additional languages. Translations are available in PDF format only (requires Acrobat Reader).

You may also order hardcopy versions of many of our publications.

Topics

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• Abuse and Neglect
  • Partners in Protection: A Guide for Reporting Vulnerable Adult Abuse
• Caregivers
  • Family Caregiver Handbook DSHS 22-277(x) (formerly Caregiver’s Handbook)
  • Employment Reference Guide for Individual Providers DSHS 22-221(x)
  • Family Caregiver Support Program – Helping Family Caregivers in WA State  DSHS 22-1331 
  • Do You Know Someone Caring for an Adult? DSHS 22-1334
  • Hiring Family or Friends as Your Caregiver – A Guide for Adults Needing Care  DSHS 22-1332
• Clients' Rights and Responsibilities
  • Self-Directed Care: How This Civil Rights Law in WA State Affects You DSHS 22-388(x)
  • Your legal right to make decisions about health care and advance directives in WA State. DSHS 22-015(x)
• Long-term Care
  • Guide to Choosing Care in an Adult Family Home or Boarding Home DSHS 22-707(x)
• Relatives as Parents/Kinship Caregivers
  • Did you know about the following services and supports for grandparents and relatives raising children in WA State? (DSHS 22-1120)
  • Resource Guide for Relatives as Parents in WA State (DSHS 22-996)
  • Consent to Health Care for the Child in Your Care: a Caregivers' Guide (DSHS 22-1119)
• Services and Eligibility
  • Medicaid and Options for Long-Term Care Services for Adults DSHS 22-619x
  • Roads to Community Living – Helping People Living in Nursing Homes Return to Their Community (DSHS 22-1297)