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The HHS Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs (IEA) and the Administration for Community Living (ACL) are hosting a webinar with Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and other subject matter experts on how to accelerate vaccination of people with disabilities, older adults, and others who are at greatest risk of serious illness from COVID-19. This webinar will address questions and common misunderstandings that prevent many people from getting their updated shots.

This webinar will be held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. ET.

Addressing direct care workforce shortages across the nation requires partnership across multiple stakeholders, including managed care organizations (MCOs). State expectations of MCO accountability around workforce development is evolving in light of workforce shortages, compelling MCOs to rethink existing provider support models and explore value-based payment arrangements with providers. What innovations have we seen in collaboration among MCOs, unions, states, and providers to support workforce development?

The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) Center on Holocaust Survivor Care and Institute on Aging and Trauma is hosting a webinar on end-of-life care for older adults with a history of trauma and their family caregivers. This webinar will focus on how to incorporate person-centered, trauma-informed (PCTI) principles into end-of-life care. Developed by the Center, PCTI care is a holistic approach that infuses knowledge about trauma into agency programs and procedures to promote the well-being and empowerment of trauma survivors.

During this webinar, participants will:

AFA’s Educating America Tour connects communities across the country with information about Alzheimer’s disease, brain health, caregiving and more. Each tour stop provides a free educational conference to the community where participants can learn from local and national experts about the following topics:

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Registration is still open for the virtual component of the 2023 NCOA Age + Action Conference. This conference will be held in-person on June 12-13, 2023 in Arlington, VA, and virtually on June 20-21, 2023. Aging services professionals may register for virtual, in-person, or both. Professionals and advocates at the local, state, and national levels may submit presentations.

This Better Care Playbook webinar will highlight two community paramedicine programs that serve people with complex needs, instED at Commonwealth Care Alliance in New England and Community CaraMedic at Mission Health Partners in North Carolina. Program leaders and paramedics from these programs will share insights on program design, implementation, funding, and outcomes to inform other organizations interested in community paramedicine. Health care providers, payers, policymakers, and other interested stakeholders are invited to join. 

Join ACL’s Office of Nutrition and Health Promotion Programs (ONHPP) and the National Council on Aging (NCOA) for a webinar on how to retain congregate meal program participants. In the last webinar on this topic speakers addressed attracting new participants to congregate meal sites. In this upcoming session the speakers will help attendees to:

Among health systems, healthcare providers, and health insurers, the importance of addressing SDOH — particularly for those with complex care needs — has come into sharp focus. The Partnership to Align Social Care is a cross-sector effort to co-design a multi-faceted strategy to enable successful partnerships between healthcare organizations and networks of CBOs, or Community Care Hubs. Join the Partnership and health and social care sector leaders for a deep dive into the important role of Community Care Hubs in promoting an equitable health and social care ecosystem. Attendees will gain:

The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), the Department of Education, the Department of Health and Human Services, and members of Federal Community Engagement Cross-Agency Workgroup are collectively hosting a two-part webinar series on Understanding Community Engagement and its role in expanding Competitive Integrated Employment.

CalAIM is California’s new care delivery and payment reform initiative that seeks to expand access to coordinated, whole-person care specifically for people with complex health and social needs. Key components of CalAIM include new community-based services that address social needs, like food and housing insecurity, as well as enhanced care management for people with complex needs. This webinar will explore innovative approaches to build the community partnerships necessary to achieve CalAIM goals, featuring the activities of two health plans and one community-based organization.