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Long-term nursing home care is expensive. When a nursing home bill is not paid, facilities can pursue several different strategies to collect payment from residents. In some cases, nursing homes will also pursue third parties for these bills, such as family members and caregivers, despite federal law prohibiting third-party guarantees in nursing home admission agreements. This session will provide an overview of how these collection actions come about and will provide attorneys and advocates with the tools to defend these cases.

The National Center on Law & Elder Rights will host a webinar on working with older adults with limited English proficiency (LEP). Older adults with LEP can have unique legal needs and may face barriers to accessing services and supports, especially in a language they understand or prefer. Under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, recipients of federal financial assistance cannot discriminate based on national origin and must provide meaningful access to individuals with LEP.

The National Action Alliance for Patient and Workforce Safety, established by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), is hosting a webinar on how to make healthcare safer by design. The aim of this is to enhance safety throughout all healthcare settings. The webinar will focus on incorporating safety into organizational process design. Several organizations have collaborated to develop new ideas in this area, including the Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI), the American Medical Association, and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).

Join the Interagency Committee on Disability Research (ICDR) webinar on climate change, health, and disability with presenter. The audience will include a wide range of ICDR stakeholders, federal interagency partners, researchers, practitioners, disability organizations, and ICDR committee members.

This webinar will review topics like types of direct support professionals that deliver home and community-based services, causes and challenges contributing to the labor shortages, and strategies to address those shortages.

This webinar will be held on July 10 at 2:00 p.m. ET. 

The National Center on Law & Elder Rights will host a webinar exploring how trauma can appear uniquely for older adults facing a loss of change in their housing and how advocates can adjust their practice to accommodate and empower their clients. This webinar will also explore how trauma can impact older adults in a nursing facility setting who may be facing involuntary discharge.

Justice in Aging will host a webinar covering changes made through the 2025 Medicare Advantage plan to how dually eligible individuals access Medicare benefits and Medicare Advantage plans. Additionally, the webinar will include information on how the rule improves how Special Supplemental Benefits for the Chronically Ill (SSBCI) are administered, limits D-SNP “look-alike plans” that are not subject to the same enrollee protections as D-SNPs and implements network standards for mental health and substance use disorder services. 

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The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will host a virtual National Telehealth Conference that brings public and private sector leaders together to discuss telehealth best practices. Hear from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ leadership, experts, and industry stakeholders about the latest in telehealth policy and health care innovation. Conference topics include:

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) released a new Notice of Funding Opportunity to evaluate, develop, and expand the use of technology-enabled collaborative learning and capacity-building models for health care providers and other professionals to improve retention of health care providers and increase access to health care services. HRSA will award approximately $3,800,000 to up to eight new cooperative agreements over five years.

ACL's Link Center is hosting, “A Conversation With People With Disabilities About Sexual Violence and Call to Action for State Agencies”. This webinar will highlight extent of sexual assault in the disability community and the barriers that survivors with disabilities experience when seeking support.