States can use Medicaid waivers to expand oral health coverage and address disparities in access to dental care for older adults and people with disabilities.
Learn about guardianship rights reform efforts, including state laws that clarify the guardian's role and protect the dignity and autonomy of the person under guardianship.
Explore alternatives to guardianship that preserve autonomy for older adults, including powers of attorney, advance directives, and supported decision-making.
Guardianship can strip an older adult of their autonomy and should be a mechanism of last resort. This issue brief examines the guardianship system and offers recommendations to reform the system to promote equity in aging.
This brief provides advocates with basic information about Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNPs) and how they can improve service coordination for dual-eligible populations.
This issue brief introduces legal and aging advocates to the health and economic challenges faced by nearly one million American Indian and Alaska Native people over the age of 65.
