The National Council on Aging (NCOA) is sponsoring a webinar on promising practices in Senior Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Enrollment. "Only 41% of low-income older adults who qualify for SNAP are enrolled in the food benefit." The webinar will highlight creative ways that organizations have addressed the challenges in increasing enrollment into SNAP for eligible older populations.
The National Association of State Head Injury Administrators (NASHIA) in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Injury Center are hosting a webinar on fall-related traumatic brain injuries (TBI) among older adults. The featured speaker will be Grant Baldwin, PhD, MPH, Director of the Division of Unintentional Injuries, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The webinar will provide information on the Injury Center’s efforts to reduce falls among older adults and States’ efforts to identify TBI within in the older adult population.
The University of Rochester Medical Center is hosting a webinar on early recognition of cognitive and functional decline. Dr. Lucille Esralew, PhD, Trinitas Regional Medical Center will present an overview of the literature on early detection of the changes associated with dementia among persons with I/DD. Participants will have an opportunity to review the National Task Group’s Early Detection Screen for Dementia (NTG-EDSD) which is an administrative tool used by professionals and family caregivers as an aid to shared dissemination with health care professionals.
The National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services (NRCPDS) is hosting a webinar on the Home Care Rule, it is a "How-To" Webinar on operational strategies for joint employment and travel time.
Mathematica Center for Studying Disability Policy is hosting a webinar on State Trends in the Child Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program: The Growing Role of SSI in the Safety Net. There has been a dramatic increase of children receiving SSI benefits over the past 15 years, a net increase of 45 percent. There is no policy or program change that explains this dramatic increase. Mathematica completed a new study for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation that examines this increase and some of the reasons for it.
The Office of Disability Employment Policy's National Lead Center is hosting a webinar on the website launch for their national platform for Employment First. The webinar will offer comprehensive resource for policymakers, researchers, and external stakeholders to learn about trends and activities that are occurring across the United States in Employment First.These resources include:
The Administration for Community Living (ACL), the National Institute on Aging (NIA), and the National Institute on Health (NIH) are partnering to sponsor the 4th annual webinar series on Dementia Resources & Research. Their goals are to inform the Aging, Public Health, and Dementia Research networks about federal resources to help people with dementia and their family caregivers, improve coordination of the federal resources available to them, and to encourage awareness of dementia research participation opportunities. The webinar series is free and is now open for registration.
Health Management Associates is hosting a webinar on 21st Century Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS). The current climate of health care requires that LTSS is integrated into the overall concept of person-centered care for individuals with complex needs.
