Administration on Aging & Veterans Health Administration: Partnerships and Opportunities Meeting

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Article Publication Date: 
2/25/2009
Summary: 
The Veterans Health Administration plans to partner with the Aging Network in order to be serving over 109,000 veterans using HCBS by 2011. February 25 and 26, 2009, these organizations met in Boston to develop the partnership, work out next steps, and identify challenges. Presentations provide details on existing infrastructure, Nursing Home Diversion, financial management services, and existing research on HCBS and self-direction.
Topics: 
Consumer/Participant Direction; Employment Programs; Housing; Transition/Diversion from Institutions; Resource Center
Types/Tools: 
Archived conference materials / Presentations
Populations: 
Aging/Older Adults; Psychiatric Disabilities/Mental Illness; Physical Disabilities; Psychiatric Disabilities/Mental Illness
Sources: 
The Lewin Group
Programs/Initiatives: 
Deficit Reduction Act (DRA); Aging and Disability Resource Center
States: 
All States/Territories; Arkansas; Connecticut; Florida; Massachusetts; Michigan; New Jersey; New York; Texas; Virginia; Washington
Keywords: 
Long-Term Care; Single Point of Entry/No Wrong Door; Community Inclusion
veterans; ; VDHCBS; veterans-directed home and community-based services; Aging Network; National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services; NRCPDS; financial management; FMS; Aging Network; State Units on Aging; AAA; VISN; Older Americans Act; Gerhard; Hornyak; Polansky; Zimmerman; Kellogg; Ditto; Wilson; Brady; Alecxih; Engelhardt; Bowen; Ettner; Thompson; Grotpeter; Options Counseling;

Contact

Sarah Lash
3130 Fairview Park Drive, Suite 800
Falls Church, VA 22042
sarah.lash@lewin.com
Phone: 
703-269-5723

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/51872