Long-Term Care

Streamlined instrument used by Pennsylvania's Community Choice program to determine functional eligibility for long term supports and services.

The attachments are part of the Colorado Screening Tool ULTC 100.2 and include the Long Term Care Assessment For Instrumental Activities Of Daily Living Form And the Initial Screening and Intake Form.

The attached form is a copy of the North Carolina's assessment tool for the Community Alternatives Program for Disabled Adults program. There is also an example of Plan of Care form, AQUIP, provided.

This is the keynote presentation given by Michael Kendrick at The Promise of Opportunity conference in Albany, NY. The presentation includes a discussion of person-centered planning vs. person-centeredness. It also looks at the relationships and values that must be present if people are to be at the heart of social service systems.

The number of people needing LTC is expected to increase much faster caregivers after 2015, putting substantial pressure on families, providers & Medicaid. We must start working towards improving efficiency & effectiveness of care delivery. This brief explains that recruiting & retaining direct-care workers requires improving the job, by means such as changing the culture surrounding the work environment as well as changing the duties, responsibilities, supervisory structure & increasing wages.

Alabama assessment tool designed to create assessments that view individuals holistically.

The attached files are the instructions for filling out the Alaska Consumer Assessment Tool (CAT) and a copy of the tool. The form was designed to be an objective tool that is easily coded. Each subsection of the manual includes the “how to complete” instructions and the time frames in which to measure the person’s abilities. The design facilitates immediate eligibility determination by the assessor.

The Community Partnerships for Older Adults fosters community partnerships to improve long term care and supportive service systems to meet the current and future needs of older adults. This Robert Wood Johnson Foundation program website features a resource center, which showcases the issues involved with creating, maintaining and sustaining a community partnership. Under the section on inclusion and diversity, you can find several resources on developing a culturally competent workforce.

This document presents examples of presumptive and fast track eligibility programs implemented by several states to reduce the time it takes to process the Medicaid application.

This April 2004 issue brief on Medicaid eligibility policies is the first in a series designed to share with federal and state policy makers as well as other stakeholders the issues and options being considered by NASHP’s Medicaid Resource Center workgroup as they prepare “Making Medicaid Work for the 21st Century”. This brief outlines four key questions to consider when thinking of eligibility issues.