Reports

This document describes seven grants in the state of Colorado, they are: The Nursing Facilities Transitions Grant, Systems Change for Real Choices Grant, Colorado Community Personal Assistance Services and Supports Grant, Medicaid “Buy-In” Grant (NEII), Consumer-Directed Care for Elderly (CDCE), In-Home Support Services (IHSS), and Consumer Directed Attendant Support (CDAS).

This document describes Social Welfare Programs for the territories of: the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Mariana Islands, and American Samoa. It includes coverage and participation in selected programs, expenditures, special rules, health programs, certain grants and certain tax provisions that affect low-income families with children.

Results of an Opinion Research Questionnaire in the Norther Mariana Islands. One hundred eighteen government and community organizations in Saipan, Tinian and Rota were surveyed to identify issues and solicit recommendations to remove policy barriers identified by the respondents.

This report evaluates a range of respite care needs, presents various respite care services,provides proposed enabling legislation and a nonprofit organizational structure, and supplemental information potentially useful for beginning and operating a respite care program.

Teleconference presentation by Susan Flnagan on Workers Compensation \"best practices\" for personal assistants. The topic is Accessing Workers’ Compensation Insurance For Individuals Participating In Self-directed Support Service Programs: A National Review.

In his letter to State Medicaid Directors dated February 17, 2004, Glenn Stanton (Acting Director, DEHPG, CMS) introduces the Quality Inventory Report. The Report summarizes and discusses the results of this first-time nationwide systematic survey of state waiver QA/QI systems. The report also includes recommendations for CMS follow-up. This letter is also referred to as CMS Quality Communication #4.

This study was designed as a small scale, pilot qualitative study of the implementation of Rider 37 in Texas.

This paper presents findings from the Cash & Counseling demonstration in Arkansas. The report shows results from a survey of 1,739 elderly and nonelderly adults. The results include that relative to agency-directed services, Cash and Counseling greatly improved satisfaction and reduced most unmet needs. Additional results and presented and discussed.

This paper looks at the issue of paying family caregivers. The paper provides a look at some of the research around this issue as well as practice and ethical issues.

Medicare is our country’s health insurance program for people age 65 or older, certain people with disabilities who are under age 65 and people of any age who have permanent kidney failure. It provides basic protection against the cost of health care, but it doesn’t cover all medical expenses or the cost of most long-term care. This briefing paper focuses primarily on Medicare issues related to individuals receiving Social Security disability benefits.