Most aging adults and adults with disabilities will require assistance to remain living in their homes and communities at some point over their lifetime. While “New Issue Brief and Webinar: An Equity Analysis of California’s Assisted Living Waiver”
Category: Home & Community Based Services
Free Webinar: Implementing the HCBS Settings Rule: Protecting Consumers from Harmful Evictions
When: March 30, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. PT/2:00 p.m. ET – 12:15 p.m. PT/3:15 p.m. ET The Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Settings Rule established “Free Webinar: Implementing the HCBS Settings Rule: Protecting Consumers from Harmful Evictions”
Dems warn not to ignore home health services
National Journal: Dems warn not to ignore home health services (January 12, 2023) While the new Congress may still be settling in, Rep. Debbie Dingell “Dems warn not to ignore home health services”
2023 Policy Priorities: Health & HCBS
As the 118th Congress convenes, Justice in Aging calls on the Administration and Congress to prioritize the health and long-term services and supports (LTSS) needs “2023 Policy Priorities: Health & HCBS”
New Issue Brief: Equity Framework for California’s HCBS Programs
Most aging adults and adults with disabilities will require assistance to remain living in their homes and communities at some point over their lifetime. However, “New Issue Brief: Equity Framework for California’s HCBS Programs”
Fact Sheet: Home and Community-Based Services Federal Legislative Update
Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) is the only federally-funded program that covers the full range of supports older adults and people with disabilities need “Fact Sheet: Home and Community-Based Services Federal Legislative Update”
Fact Sheet: Make the Medicaid Money Follows the Person Program Permanent
Most older adults say they want to remain at home as they age. An important federal program and rule help make this possible: the Medicaid “Fact Sheet: Make the Medicaid Money Follows the Person Program Permanent”
Lawsuit Says Mass. Residents Unnecessarily Institutionalized in Nursing Homes Should Have Options for Independent Living
Boston Globe: Lawsuit Says Mass. Residents Unnecessarily Institutionalized in Nursing Homes Should Have Options for Independent Living (October 11, 2022) Six Massachusetts residents with disabilities “Lawsuit Says Mass. Residents Unnecessarily Institutionalized in Nursing Homes Should Have Options for Independent Living”
Most Older Adults Want to Live at Home. Here’s How California Can Make it Easier
California Health Report: Most Older Adults Want to Live at Home. Here’s How California Can Make it Easier (September 27, 2022) Three weeks after her “Most Older Adults Want to Live at Home. Here’s How California Can Make it Easier”
Stuck in place: How older adults end up trapped inside their own homes
San Francisco Chronicle: Stuck in place: How older adults end up trapped inside their own homes (September 24, 2022) Seven months ago, Betty Gray could “Stuck in place: How older adults end up trapped inside their own homes”
