When it comes to home-based care, millions of Medicare enrollees rely on Medicaid for the support they need to live safely at home and stay “Fact Sheet: Investing in Medicaid HCBS is Good for Medicare”
Category: Home & Community Based Services
Issue Brief: Medicaid’s Unfair Choice: Wait Months for In-Home Assistance—or Get Nursing Facility Coverage Today
A new issue brief from Justice in Aging, Medicaid’s Unfair Choice: Wait Months for In-Home Assistance—or Get Nursing Facility Coverage Today outlines how federal policy “Issue Brief: Medicaid’s Unfair Choice: Wait Months for In-Home Assistance—or Get Nursing Facility Coverage Today”
Justice in Aging’s Summary of the Final California 2021-22 Budget
California’s final budget, which rolled out at the end of June into early July uses some of the state’s surplus to enact some of the “Justice in Aging’s Summary of the Final California 2021-22 Budget”
Fact Sheet: Why Older Adults Need Bold Investment in Medicaid HCBS
Medicaid home- and community-based services (HCBS) are a lifeline for millions of older adults with disabilities. Yet, the program has been underfunded for decades, leaving “Fact Sheet: Why Older Adults Need Bold Investment in Medicaid HCBS”
Home Health Services Could See $400 Billion Boost
National Journal: Home Health Services Could See $400 Billion Boost (July 16, 2021) A proposal to include $400 billion in investments for home and community-based “Home Health Services Could See $400 Billion Boost”
What’s in Biden’s $400 Billion Plan to Support Families’ Long-Term Health Needs
NPR: What’s in Biden’s $400 Billion Plan to Support Families’ Long-Term Health Needs (April 9, 2021) President Biden has put forward a bold proposal to “What’s in Biden’s $400 Billion Plan to Support Families’ Long-Term Health Needs”
Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services for Older Adults with Disabilities: A Primer
A new Justice in Aging primer: Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services for Older Adults with Disabilities provides an overview of Medicaid HCBS, the institutional bias, “Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services for Older Adults with Disabilities: A Primer”
Free Webinar: Medi-Cal Home and Community-Based Services and CalAIM Updates
Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) describe a wide variety of programs that provide long-term services and supports to older adults and people with disabilities enrolled “Free Webinar: Medi-Cal Home and Community-Based Services and CalAIM Updates”
Another COVID-19 Challenge: Vaccinating the Homebound
AARP: Another COVID-19 Challenge: Vaccinating the Homebound (March 4, 2021) Among the many challenges in getting COVID-19 vaccines into as many arms as possible, one “Another COVID-19 Challenge: Vaccinating the Homebound”
What Seniors Need to Know About the December Stimulus Package
Forbes: What Seniors Need to Know About the December Stimulus Package (December 29, 2020) The coronavirus relief package was included as a part of a $1.4 “What Seniors Need to Know About the December Stimulus Package”