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MPR journalist Evan Frost spent a few months visiting the Diane Road Group Home in Mendota Heights for people with severe disabilities, and 


Changes to the Medicaid program are up for debate as Congress decides whether to cut funding as part of an attempt to repeal Obamacare. The company that operates Diane Road gets 95 percent of its funding from Medicaid.


Tom Weber talked with Frost to get a sense of life at Diane Road, where only the managers pay attention to the political debates, and caregivers get on with the task of helping people with disabilities live as independently as possible.

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Tom Weber talked with journalist Evan Frost to get a sense of life at Diane Road, where only the managers pay attention to political debates, and caregivers get on with the task of helping people with disabilities live as independently as possible.

For three months, MPR News photojournalist Evan Frost spent time at the Diane Road Group Home in Mendota Heights, photographing clients and their caregivers. Those caregivers play a vital role in helping people with disabilities live as independently as possible. Frost spoke with MPR host Tom Weber about his experience documenting the lives of this community.

Photojournalist Evan Frost and host Tom Weber discussed Evan's time with the caregivers

Caregiver Francis Ebuchu holds the phone for Jimmy Mossow

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Nikki Theyson uses an electronic lift to get Jimmy Mossow out of bed. 

Jimmy and David wait for the bus with Rosie. 

Sarah Gonella and and David. G. hold hands.

Jimmy Mossow receives medication from a caregiver.

Sarah Gonella sleeps holding hands with house coordinator Chelsey Knop.

Photos: A look back at a summer at group home for disabled adults

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