This primer outlines HUD’s homeless assistance programs and offers aging advocates essential insights on how to help older adults access housing support, services, and systemic solutions.
This update outlines upcoming changes affecting dually enrolled Medicare and Medicaid individuals, including new policy shifts, enrollment processes, and protections designed to improve access to coordinated care and benefits.
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.