Justice in Aging invites aging and disability advocates and aging network professionals to an upcoming webinar titled “Resident Rights in Medicaid-Funded Assisted Living and Group Homes.” This webinar will explore recently implemented federal protections for persons with disabilities living in group homes or other residential facilities.
The Alliance for Health Policy is hosting an upcoming webinar to provide an overview of dually eligible populations and discuss key programs and coverage arrangements that coordinate care for beneficiaries. This webinar aims to help attendees understand what it is like to navigate as a dually eligible individual, including what works and what doesn’t from a first-person perspective. It will also describe the heterogeneity of dually eligible populations and how people become dually eligible, including definitions, demographics, and paths to eligibility.
The American Society on Aging (ASA) is hosting an upcoming webinar titled “Team Approaches to High-Quality, Patient-Centered Palliative Care.” This presentation will define palliative care as a medical service that acknowledges the person beyond their disease process. The discussion will cover multidisciplinary, patient-centered team approaches to meet the comprehensive needs of seriously ill patients, reduce the burden of symptoms, and improve quality of life.
Join the American Society on Aging (ASA) for an upcoming webinar exploring the relationship between depression and dementia. This session will focus on the evolving relationship between depression and dementia, emphasizing the influence of recurrent depressive episodes on the potential development of dementia. Attendees will have the opportunity to examine various modifiable risk factors for dementia, effective interventions and strategies for addressing depression, and specialized considerations tailored to high-risk populations.
The National Center on Law & Elder Rights (NCLER) is hosting an upcoming webinar titled "Elder Abuse Basics: Civil Legal Responses." This webinar will focus on how legal assistance providers can support older adults who have experienced abuse, neglect, or exploitation.
This basics training will focus on how legal assistance providers can work to:
Join the National Council on Aging's (NCOA) Modernizing Senior Centers Resource Center and the National Center to Reframe Aging for an interactive virtual summit exploring ways to effectively communicate about senior centers. The summit will provide information, resources, examples, and activities that participants can use to enhance the image of their center and be an agent of change in combatting ageism in their community.
After attending this summit, participants will be able to:
Join the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for an upcoming LTSS webinar featuring how WellWise Services Area Agency on Aging has leveraged new and existing partnerships with local health departments, health systems, pharmacy networks, and other human service agencies to improve equitable access to immunizations, particularly in rural areas with transportation-related barriers.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is hosting an upcoming webinar to provide an overview of Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Value Pathways (MVPs) development and maintenance for the 2024 performance year of the Quality Payment Program.
During the webinar, CMS subject matter experts will:
Review key dates related to MVPs;
Join Commit to Connect for an upcoming webinar on No Wrong Door Virginia’s Social Health Connector platform. The Social Health Connector uses a person-centered virtual assessment to generate a customized social health connection plan for people with disabilities, older adults, and family caregivers. This personalized plan leverages AI and machine learning to offer insights into individualized risks and strengths, highlighting local recommended resources for users in Virginia. After individuals complete the survey, they receive a customized social connection plan.
KFF Health News will host an upcoming webinar titled “The Long-Term Care Crisis—Why Few Can Afford to Grow Old in America.” The virtual conversation will discuss “Dying Broke,” KFF Health News’ joint investigation with The New York Times into America’s long-term care crisis and what can be done to mitigate its growing financial and emotional toll. Hear from caregivers about the costs and complexity of long-term care.
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