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Joint Public Meeting of the National Advisory Committees on Seniors and Disasters and on Individuals with Disabilities and Disasters

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Join NACSD and NACIDD members, federal leaders, and subject matter experts for a webinar to hear the two committees provide a status update on their work. They will be discussing national public health and medical preparedness, response, and recovery relating to older adults and people with disabilities during disasters.   
 
This webinar will be held on Thursday, August 4, 2022 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. 
 

ARPA 9817: Early results on what's working

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Join this webinar to examine some of the most promising trends and proposals for investing funds from Section 9817 of the American Recovery Plan Act (ARPA). This webinar will feature a panel of leaders from NAMD, the State of Arkansas, and Guidehouse who will discuss pandemic recovery, workforce strategies, and infrastructure approaches to ensure the long-term sustainability of home and community based services. Speakers include:

Developing Successful Volunteer Opportunities in Dementia Programs

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This webinar will discuss how volunteers can provide support to organizations serving people with dementia and their caregivers through helping them expand their capacity for long-term sustainability. The discussion will focus on how selected dementia programs recruit, train, and retain volunteers by providing them with meaningful work.
 
This webinar will be held on Tuesday, August 30, 2022, from 1:00 p.m to 2:00 p.m. ET.
 

Alternatives to Guardianship in Common Legal Aid Cases

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This session will discuss case studies of common legal aid cases to explore alternatives, ways to ensure effective communications supports, and tools for assessing the client’s mental capacity and their ability to make informed choices. Participants will learn 3-5 less restrictive alternatives to guardianship, “how to” skills and information on how to assist clients in accessing less restrictive alternatives to guardianship, and tools for effective communication with their client(s). 
 

Strategic Roadmap for Advancing Digital Quality Measurement

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Join CMS for a webinar, "Strategic Roadmap for Advancing Digital Quality Measurement." This presentation will highlight CMS's multipronged strategy to provide better access to usable, timely data to improve quality measurement and patient care. CMS will host this presentation twice.

The second presentation will be held on Thursday, August 11, 2022 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. ET.

Choosing a Health Care Power of Attorney

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This webinar on advance care planning and healthcare decision making will focus on four critical elements in healthcare decision making and advance care planning:

  1. How do you help someone identify the person “who” can serve as a healthcare power of attorney?

  2. What options exist for people who have no unpaid supports in their lives? What is the role of the service provider and how can we help people find that person “who” can serve as a decision maker?

"How can I assist you?” Reasonable Modification to Policy Considerations

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In recognition of the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) Anniversary, this session will provide an overview of the reasonable modification rule of U.S. DOT. This rule helps clarify and guide providers to ensure that people with disabilities have opportunities to use accessible transportation and to be connected to their communities. A crucial element for providing quality accessible transportation is to have a clear and formalized process in place for handling reasonable modification requests by customers.

Reflecting Upon the ADA: Soaring to Employment

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Join the DETAC to celebrate the impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and learn how the ADA has supported competitive, integrated employment (CIE) for persons with disabilities. This webinar will feature pre-recorded remarks from Acting ACL Administrator Alison Barkoff that describing how ACL has made strategic investments to advance CIE in communities. The webinar will also include a panel of five self-advocates from across the country to discuss how the ADA has impacted and empowered them to achieve employment. 
 

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