Please join us, the National I&R Support Center will host a webinar on “Public-Private Partnerships at Work.” This webinar is scheduled for Tuesday, September 19, 2017, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET.
Community Based Organizations (CBO) seeking to sell or deliver services to health plans and other payers must evaluate their market, understand their value proposition and target services to needs. This activity requires CBOs to gather information that will provide insight and a new perspective on potential opportunities. Successful organizations will use that information to creatively adapt to the environment they are working within.
The Alabama Lifespan Respite Resource Network in collaboration with the ARCH National Respite Network is hosting the 2017 National Lifespan Respite Conference in Huntsville Alabama at the Embassy Suites Hotel from October 11 to 13, 2017. This year’s conference theme is “Take Off with Respite!”, which reflects the history of the space industry in Huntsville, AL. The theme also reflects the mission of the respite care network - to rise to meet challenges, heighten awareness, and push innovation to ensure a safe landing for the nation's 43 million family caregivers.
The Social Security Administration is hosting a webinar to talk about Social Security programs and Work Incentives available to people who receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits. Presenters from Social Security will discuss:
Health Management Associates is hosting a webinar on understanding the impact social determinants of health have on Medicaid populations. Medicaid programs are increasingly beginning to analyze social determinants of health as potential causes of health disparities. Presenters include Ellen Breslin and Anissa Lambertino of HMA, Dennis Heaphy of the Disability Policy Consortium, and independent consultant Tony Dreyfus. Learning objectives for this webinar include:
The FrameWorks Institute is hosting a webinar about the framing recommendations they developed for communicating about elder abuse. This webinar will discuss the recommendations, and summarize the capacity building tools they have developed for changing the public conversation about elder abuse and raising the salience of the issue.
Justice in Aging is hosting a webinar to discuss the in-kind support and maintenance (ISM) rule. This rule would effect a person, for instance, who receives shelter and food from a friend or family member they live with. In many cases, this rule would cause Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits to decrease from $735 to $490 per month. The ISM rule causes much confusion for recipients, advocates, and the Social Security Administration (SSA). This webinar will explore the ins and outs of ISM, provide examples of how the rule works, and offer strategies for dealing with the rule.
The National Alzheimer’s and Dementia Resource Center is hosting a webinar on supporting dementia caregivers in healthcare settings. In order to provide care and improve outcomes for persons living with dementia, efforts are underway in healthcare settings to better engage family caregivers in the development of care plans and the delivery of care. The hope is that these efforts will lead to improved health outcomes for people with dementia and their caregivers.
The Administration for Community Living in hosting the third webinar in their HCBS quality informational webinar series. This webinar is on HCBS Quality Measure Development and will include a discussion on the importance of quality measurement, how measures are developed, and the progress made through measure development. There will be time for a brief question and answer session at the end of the webinar.
Join us for the National Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Conference held in Baltimore, MD from August 28 to August 31. The Conference offers a unique blend of policy, program, and practice issues for professionals interested in home and community based services for individuals of all abilities and in all settings.
