Aging/Older Adults

The official state website offers links to government, business, travel, transportation, education, and health.

The Personal Care Assistant pilot project offers individuals enrolled in the Connecticut Home Care Program for Elders (CHCPE) the opportunity to hire and manage their own personal care assistant (PCA) to provide necessary home care services. This Issue Paper provides an evaluation of this program.

This report briefly describes a managed long-term care pilot project the State of Florida has initiated to test a Medicaid managed care program that includes incentives for coordinating acute and long-term care and for using less expensive, community-based alternatives to nursing homes for people age 65 or older with disabilities. This report includes background information and descriptions of the intervention, implementation, and impact.

These materials are from the national conference sponsored by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and held in Nashville on May 2-3, 2002. The goal of the conference was to provide an opportunity for information exchange among decision-makers in the design and implementation of quality management/improvement. This conference was designed to facilitate communication around quality management among state staff, federal agency staff, providers, and consumers/advocates.

These materials are from the national conference sponsored by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and held in Nashville on May 2-3, 2002. The goal of the conference was to provide an opportunity for information exchange among decision-makers in the design and implementation of quality management/improvement. This conference was designed to facilitate communication around quality management among state staff, federal agency staff, providers, and consumers/advocates.

This report describes the State of Pennsylvania’s Family Caregiver Support Program (FCSP), administered by the Department of Aging, that offers a comprehensive service package with specific funding and services for family caregivers. FCSP uses state & recently available federal funds to allow the caregiver to choose the services needed to help care for an older relative at home and provide financial assistance with out-of-pocket expenses. Early program evaluation found the services effective.

This site provides helpful information for the consumer regarding the state's Medicaid services and programs. The site is dividing into sections for providers, recipents, and the general public. The site provides general information on eligibility and programs.

The state's official websites offers links to government, education, travel, business, and resources within the state.

Description of LTC system for elders and younger persons with disabilities in Alabama in 2001

The goal of the Center highlighed on this site is to translate knowledge gained from research into practice through broad-based training, technical assistance, and dissemination to persons with mental retardation, their families, service providers, administrators and policy makers, advocacy groups, and the general community.