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The National Aging Services Network has played a key role in integrating information about community services, including health, social support, educational, and recreational services, resources, and funding streams. This document compares two Area Agency on Aging (AAA) computerized information systems in Georgia and Indiana. This study is one of a series of five reports called Case Studies from the Aging Network: Health and Social Support Systems Integration.

This report was prepared to inform the New York City Department for the Aging about other states’ long-term care (“LTC”) point of entry (“POE”) systems. The analysis and case studies in this report focus on the following topics: system structure and integration at the state and local levels, common elements of successful systems, and special features of each POE system.

The Nevada Children with Special Health Care Needs conducted a 5 month multi-method needs assessment that describes demographics, universal needs and barriers families with children with special health care needs face. Completion of this needs assessment represents an opportunity for community input into the prioritization of needs design & implementation of positive changes to the system of care. The report also includes a summary of Selected States’ Service Delivery Models, tables & figures.

A brochure on the Arkansas Ombudsman program for home and community based services addresses participants rights and their choice in receiving services for long term care. Includes contact information on the Web and the toll free telephone number to contact the Arkansas Division of Aging and Adult Services.

This document provides information on elements to include in the ADRC evaluation plan. This resource will provide guidance on what to include, and will serve as an example of how to organize the elements into a matrix, but this format can be tailored by each grantee. Elements to incorporate into the ADRC evaluation plan include: Project Objectives; Tasks; Indicators; Data Sources; Data Collection Methods; Timeline/Interval; Responsible Entity; and Instruments.

This guide profiles 15 successful programs that have partnered with community organizations to address medication, alcohol and mental health problems in older adults by promoting new linkages between well-known, trusted, and heavily utilized providers of aging services and relevant substance abuse and mental health services. By joining these systems, we can more successfully identify older adults who are at risk and connect them with the prevention, education, outreach, and treatment services.

Adaptive Environments is committed to advancing the role of design in expanding opportunity and enhancing experience for people of all ages & abilities. Their work balances expertise in legally required accessibility with promotion of best practices in human centered or universal design. Projects vary from local to international and are characterized by collaboration and user participation. Visit the website to see resources, conference materials, news and case studies about universal design.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has developed a webpage that includes links to federal agencies, organizations, and publications related to services for older adults

This article profiles some suggests on prevention which occurs on three levels. Primary prevention targets healthy individuals and groups to stop disease before it starts; secondary prevention targets those at early stages of disease or with high risk behaviors but who are asymptomatic; and tertiary prevention targets those with symptomatic disease, to manage or improve their conditions. ADRCs can promote health by offering information assistance and resources on each of these levels.

This brief summarizes presentations made at NASHP’s 17th annual state health policy conference during a session on “Promoting Young Children’s Healthy Mental Development.” The session focused on the evidence base, state program highlights, a discussion of the ABCD program, and ways to use the Medicaid program to better support early childhood social and emotional development. Thie brief is available from the Assuring Better Child Health and Development initiative (ABCD II).