Article Publication Date:
3/4/2009
Summary:
Program administrators, advocates, and researchers advise the Senate on ways to improve wellbeing and cost outcomes of long-term care by increasing access to HCBS. They speak on national demographics, successful HCBS programs of the past and present, state programs in Wisconsin and Florida, integrating acute and long-term care for dual eligibles, and program finance models. See “Video Contents Index” for time stamps and information on each testimony.
Topics:
Consumer/Participant Direction; Transition/Diversion from Institutions; Quality; Resource Center; Medicaid Waivers
Types/Tools:
Populations:
Aging/Older Adults; Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities; Physical Disabilities; Direct Care Workforce
Sources:
U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging
Programs/Initiatives:
Money Follows the Person; Real Choice Systems Change; Aging and Disability Resource Center; 1915c; Person Centered Planning
States:
Keywords:
Long-Term Care; State/Agency Information; Sustainability; Recruitment and Retention; Wages and Benefits; Eligibility; Community Inclusion
PACE; Programs for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly; long-term care insurance; Community Choice Act; Medicare
Contact
Buddy Rutzke
MA
rutzke@bc.edu
Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/51877