Testimonials

"Over the past five years, the Department of Rehabilitative Services Personal Assistance Services Program and centers for independent living throughout the State of Virginia have used the video “Attendant Care Basics” as a training tool in orientation sessions for potential attendant care workers . . . This video has been instrumental in the recruitment of qualified attendant care workers for our caseload of individuals with severe physical disabilities who are the recipients of consumer-directed personal assistance services."

Mamie D. Nunery, Administrative Coordinator,
Personal Assistance and Nursing Home Outreach Services, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services

"I've looked all over for good training tools. “Attendant Care Basics” is the most professional and interesting videotape I've come across. I especially appreciate its consumer viewpoint. We are now using this tape for training attendants and for public meetings with great success."

Sharon Clausen, Coordinator, Attendant Referral Service, Independent Living Resource Center, Santa Barbara, CA

"We have been extremely pleased with your tapes on Personal Care Attendants. We use them often in our Center for Independent Living and also take them many times to show potential attendants or recently disabled individuals. They are marvelous teaching tools!"

Judy Mullen, PACE, Persons Assuming Control of their Environment, Center for Independent Living, Urbana, Illinois

"The availability of attendants is one of the most important requisites as far as people with disabilities living independently is concerned. Throughout the country attendant referral programs are being set up by independent living centers, disabled student programs, and numerous state and private agencies. Training materials such as “Attendant Care Basics” play an important part in furthering the effectiveness of these programs."

Ed Roberts, World Institute on Disability

"After viewing the video tape “Attendant Care Basics” both myself and the rehab staff here at St. Mary's Hospital and Medical Center were impressed with the content of the video tape. The information was presented in a logical and concise manner that would assist in patient and family education...The use of other disabled individuals to discuss the various attendant care duties makes it easier and much more palatable to the newly disabled individual who might need the services of an attendant...Over all, this video will be highly utilized by both patients and staff here at St. Mary's Hospital. Thank you for your sensitivity and your awareness to the needs of the disabled population."

Sherry Opp, O.T.R., St. Mary's Hospital, San Francisco

As a quad who employs attendants, I consider “Attendant Care Basics” as an extremely valuable video which should be required viewing for all quads, etc. before hospital discharge and community reentry. I also like “Getting On With Living” very much because it features average people who have endured and mostly overcome very serious problems...Your inclusion of drug problems and a suicide attempt in GOWL makes the video essential for the training for any health care/rehab/social service staff working with quads. In summary, thanks for a job well done."

Jack Prial, Librarian, State of Maryland Rehabilitation Center

"Both tapes are excellent. No message could be more important to disabled people themselves, newly injured people and their families, and the general public."

Joan Anderson, L.C.S.W., Santa Clara Valley (CA) Medical Center

"Great tapes! We want to buy them."

Dr. Barbara Bammann, Rehabilitation Dep't., Herrick Hospital, Berkeley, CA

"Useful for university students preparing to be teachers of physically and severely handicapped students, or rehabilitation counselors."

June Bigge, Prof. of special Education, San Francisco State University

"This orientation program takes the viewer through all the aspects of care needed for paraplegics, quadriplegics, or the blind...This is a very good training video for home health care providers, both professionals and family members who find themselves in the position of being health care providers"

Nancy L. Fields, Video Rating guide for Libraries

Reviews

Reviewed in the PCA Newsletter (Jan-Mar 2007), from LINK, a Center for Independent Living in Kansas.