Aging/Older Adults

The 2008 national Aging and Disability Resource Center meeting took place in October in Boston. Find here the presentations and handouts from the workshops and plenary sessions. Topics ranged from nursing home diversion to quality to information flow and technology.

This poster and brochure tell older adults, caregivers and individuals with disabilities living about information and referral services available at the Arkansas aging and disabilities resource center (ADRC). Use these as examples of how other ADRCs might consider spreading the word about their programs and services.

This is an online training module on evidence-based health promotion for older adults, which is designed primarily for aging services providers. This training module will define health promotion concepts, frameworks and terms, and will provide interactive exercises, downloadable tools and resources that can help the user plan for, implement, and reinforce the quality of health promotion programs.

This document includes the “Arizona Links” common intake form as well as the instructions for completing the form. This common intake is intended be filed on behalf of a consumer, who is a resident or intends to become a resident of Arizona, and who is seeking or requiring direct services in the state.

A symposium was held in January, 2008 to help the nursing and social work professions collaborate to support family caregivers. This report springs from that event. Participants explored caregiver demographics and challenges. It also identifies competency areas, best practices and support strategies for professional partners, as well as priorities for future research in the area.

The Department of Health and Human Services announces $36 million in new grant programs to 28 states to help older Americans, veterans, and people with Alzheimer’s disease to remain in their homes and communities. About $19 million of this involves a collaboration between the Administration on Aging and the Department of Veterans Affairs. The grants are designed to reach people who are not eligible for Medicaid but are at high risk for nursing home placement and to spend-down to Medicaid.

AARP Bulletin Online has compiled a state-by-state list of local supports to help you quickly access transportation in your community. More than 6,000 transit systems nationwide provide some form of service to older riders, from reduced fares to use of low-floor vehicles to personalized training sessions. This resource puts information about these options in one place.

This memorandum and tables present data on Medicaid 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiver expenditures from Federal Fiscal Years 2002 through 2007. Each HCBS waiver is classified by population served in order to show the distribution of HCBS waiver expenditures across long term care populations.

This memorandum presents data on Medicaid long-term care expenditures in Federal Fiscal Year 2007 (Oct 2006-Sept 2007). Table 1 presents national data on Medicaid expenditures for Long-Term Care from 1995-2007. Other tables present state-by-state data for Nursing Homes, ICF/MR, Personal Care, HCBS Waivers, Home Health, Home Care, 1115 Waivers focused on HCBS, and other Medicaid services.

Seven states received a share of over $8 million in federal grants to increase awareness of home-and community-based long-term care options for people leaving hospitals who otherwise may enter a nursing home. Over $7 million of the awards will be used to develop person-centered hospital discharge planning models. An additional $574,613 will supplement grants from FY07 to Wisconsin and Alaska so they can continue their Person-Centered Planning Implementation programs for another two years.