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Information and Assistance (I&A) is essential for helping participants understand self-direction, navigate their program and its rules, and have a successful experience self-directing. Co-sponsored by the National Center on Advancing Person-Centered Practices (NCAPPS) and Applied Self-Direction (ASD), this webinar will highlight a new resource on core standards for I&A professionals in self-direction.

In this webinar, panelists who have received HCBS will share their experiences with person-centered supports and services. The discussion will include topics related to rights, choice, and control and how these elements can be improved and integrated into service delivery practices. Members from the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on HCBS Person-Centered Outcomes and Measurements at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab will present findings from their research of best practices for person-centered HCBS delivery from interviews with people who use and deliver HCBS.

People who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid are almost three times as likely to have Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) as people eligible for Medicare only. Join this webinar to hear about tools, resources, and strategies directly related to supporting the needs of dually eligible individuals and their caregivers. Presenters will discuss how health equity and caregiver support are addressed across ADRD programs, and describe strategies for health plans to consider to support providers in their work with caregivers.

Join this webinar to discuss some of the effective approaches Oklahoma has implemented across the care continuum to care for older adults. Participants will learn new ideas and strategies they can bring to their state and comunities. Panelists include:

For over a decade, state and federal policymakers have worked to better integrate Medicare and Medicaid to improve care for the more than 12 million people in the U.S. who are dually eligible for these programs.

Dual eligibles are disproportionately harmed by COVID-19. Health plans serving dually eligible beneficiaries can play a key role in improving access to and educating enrollees on the importance of the COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations this winter, including boosters. In this webinar, presenters will discuss the impacts of COVID-19 on advancing health equity, cultural awareness, and eliminating health disparities for dually eligible beneficiaries.

Grandparent scam perpetrators falsely state that a grandchild is in trouble with the law, sick, or injured and in need of an immediate transfer of a large sum of money to prevent dire harm to the grandchild. In this webinar, aging services professionals will learn:

• how to identify this fraud and empower grandparents to resist this scam,
• how to partner with law enforcement to go after scammers, and
• how to support and enable those who have experienced this scam to recover from their losses and regain their agency.

The Biden-Harris Administration is hosting the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health on Wednesday, September 28, 2022. For the first time in over 50 years, the White House will convene public and private sectors to accelerate progress and drive change to end hunger, improve nutrition and physical activity, and reduce disparities.

CHCS has developed the Patient-Centered Complex Care Research Agenda through support from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). The agenda provides a guide for collaboratively improving complex care with a priority on the experiences of people with complex needs. It was co-created by more than 100 stakeholders, including a Patient and Family Advisory Board. This webinar will highlight the Research Agenda’s recommendations and opportunities for adopting a person-centered approach to complex care research. 

ACL is hosting this webinar to provide participants with an opportunity to learn when and how to invite and/or provide feedback on state efforts to comply with the HCBS Settings rule. Presenters will share key dates, strategies, and examples of how powerful the voices of people with lived experience can be in creating more opportunities for choice and control in service delivery, and advancing the quality of services. 

This webinar will be held on Friday, September 23, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. ET.