Falls Prevention Awareness Day is happening on September 23 this year. The National Council on Aging is hosting a webinar featuring new resources and tools for organizations to use in their falls prevention programs. NCOA in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institute of Health, will present strategies, products, and activities.
Every generation can learn from those that came before and those that follow. In this spirit we launched a generational planning study to help share wisdom across the generations. In the third and final part of this three-part series, we will focus on the importance of planning for a long-term-care event. Currently only a third of adults plan on taking responsibility for their care as they age.
Participants in this web seminar will be able to:
• List the four ways to pay for long term care;
The National Alzheimer's and Dementia Resource Center is holding a Technical Assistance (TA) webinar. This will provide information about prevalence and characteristics of people wiht dementia who live alone, signs of self-neglect and intervention strategies, and the experiences of people with dementia who live alone.
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The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) is hosting a webinar to address the needs of Americans with disabilities that face food insecurity. A distinguished panel of experts will speak about the current status of food insecurity among this populations, the role of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for people with disabilities, and offer recommendations for strengthening SNAP benefits.The release of the new FRAC Report, SNAP Matters for People with Disabilities will accompany this webinar. There will be closed-captioning on the webinar for the hearing impaired.
As Baby Boomers move into retirement, substance abuse and addiction in older adults is increasing at alarming rates. Physical- and mental-health related comorbidities are common in the older adult population, and these conditions contribute to confusion in the clinical presentation.
As part of the Consumers for Quality Care, No Matter Where initiative, Consumer Voice is conducting four free advocacy skills training webinars throughout the year. This webinar will be the third advocacy skills training webinar in the series. Long-term care consumers, family members, individual advocates, long-term care ombudsmen, members of consumer advocacy groups, family/caregiving groups, consumer alliances, and community and senior organizations are all invited to participate.
As more Americans attain Medicare eligibility, aging and disability I&R/A agencies are called upon to be a resource on the Medicare program. Join this webinar to learn about the Medicare Made ClearTM campaign and Medicare educational resources that can assist I&R/A agencies and the consumers they serve. Information will be presented by Alyssa Malinski Erickson, Associate Director of Marketing, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare & Retirement.
This webinar is the third in a three-part series on The Next Generation of Freedom and Self-Determination: Moving Support Decision-Making from Theory to Practice. The Achieving Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act allows for opportunities for eligible individuals with significant disabilities to rethink their future goals regarding work, income saving and investment, and community participation. Over 25 states are now considering legislation to set a framework for the establishment and administration of ABLE accounts.
Approximately 1% of all Medicare enrollees qualify for Medicare solely because they have End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). ESRD Medicare is a separate benefit from age- and disability-related Medicare, and individuals with ESRD Medicare have specific rules about coverage and coordination of benefits.
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