Webinar

The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is developing plans for the second annual “Celebrate Our Senior Nutrition Program.” Their website will feature tip sheets, infographics and a community toolkit to offer resources you can use to support and engage your community. The toolkit provides resources you can use to assist and involve your community. It also includes information on how to share highlights of your program, as well as insights on how to engage virtually, enhance socialization, and promote your program during COVID-19.

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Capacity assessments of older adults is steeped in the fundamental tensions between two core ethical principles: autonomy (self-determination) and protection (beneficence). Adult Protective Services caseworkers must often consider the impact of cognitive functioning on a person’s risk for elder abuse, exploitation, and neglect.

In this webinar, the NCAPPS team will share a new tool to help leadership measure progress in developing a more person-centered system, the Person-Centered Practices Self-Assessment. The tool’s creator will provide an overview of the tool, and staff and people with lived experience from one state will share their experiences putting the tool to use.

Presenters:

• Mary Lou Bourne, founder of The Learning Community for Person Centered Practice and developed the organization’s first PCP Mentor Trainer requirements

Increasingly, frail older adults with complex health issues live alone in the community, far from their relatives and caregivers. An older adult may depend upon community service providers for basic necessities and psychosocial support prior to a disastrous event. However, the need for these critical services increases when services are disrupted or the senior is impacted during a major disaster.

The COVID-19 pandemic, along with other natural disasters and emergencies, has created additional barriers for older adults to access legal assistance. Over the past year, attorneys and advocates have deployed creative models to address the barriers associated with providing in-person legal services.

The AARP Fraud Watch Network is working to empower consumers to spot and avoid scams and to provide support and guidance to victims and their families when fraud happens.  Join Kathy Stokes, Director of Fraud Prevention Programs at AARP, for an interactive discussion about how to spot and avoid the latest scams and fraud. Research has shown that if you know about a specific scam, you are 80% less likely to engage with the scammer, and if you do engage, you are 40% less likely to fall victim. By the end of the webinar, participants will:

On Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 3 p.m. Eastern Time (ET), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a webinar that will provide an overview of the 2021 Call for Quality Measures timeline and measures evaluation process for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) measure development, submission, and expectations that align with CMS priorities. This webinar is intended to assist with the development of measures for future MIPS performance periods.

Many older adults and people with disabilities do not have the financial means to pay for internet service in their home nor purchase an internet enabled device - such as a PC, tablet, or smart phone. Further, many lack the skills needed to confidently navigate the internet and digital communities by themselves.