Increasing national focus on elder abuse and a push for greater legal services involvement, particularly in the area of financial exploitation, have led to a number of difficult ethical challenges.
Aging in America, the annual conference of the American Society on Aging, is the nation's largest multidisciplinary conference for professionals who work with older adults, including the organizations and businesses increasingly interested in the growing market.
Under MAP-21, there's an increased emphasis on involving people with disabilities in the transportation planning process. This webinar will share promising practices and success stories about increasing mobility for people with disabilities and older adults from communities across the country.
HHS leads the Strategic Framework on Multiple Chronic Conditions, a roadmap for improving the health status of persons with multiple chronic conditions (MCC). Since the Framework’s release in December 2010, HHS agencies and external partners have worked together to align their respective programs, activities, and initiatives to advance the Framework’s vision of optimizing health and quality of life for persons with MCC.
This webinar highlights money-saving resources for those who may not qualify for benefits programs. NCOA will present three free, online tools that older adults and the professionals who serve them can use to find budgeting tools, jobs, benefits, and more:
The NHPC brings together experts in health policy who will provide analysis and feedback on the health policy environment and will discuss how changes in government will impact ACA implementation. With input from leading health policy experts, the conference aims enhance your understanding of the current and future health policy landscape.
More than half of the nation’s 67.9 million Medicaid beneficiaries now receive their health care in comprehensive managed care organizations (MCOs) – and the number and share are growing. As states expand their use of Medicaid managed care, the Kaiser Family Foundation has launched a new interactive tool to enhance understanding and analysis of this important sector of the Medicaid program.
As states design and implement multi-payer payment reforms, extensive collaboration with and buy-in from payers and providers are necessary. What better way to gather insight on this engagement process and the roles of providers and insurers than to hear from them directly?
Policymakers are searching for ways to improve the supports workers receive after the onset or worsening of a major medical condition, with the objective of reducing exit from the labor force and entry into Social Security Disability Insurance. New research findings from Washington State’s workers’ compensation system might point the way.
The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program provides cash assistance to the families of low-income children with disabilities. Program enrollment has risen faster than can be explained by changes in demographics, health, or income. More concerning is that SSI youth suffer low levels of educational attainment and low work rates, and trends are similar for adults who grew up on the program. Additional steps need to be taken to understand and curb these trends.
