Most older adults and people with disabilities want to be able to receive help with daily activities at home and in their communities. This type “Issue Brief & Fact Sheet: HCBS Equity Framework”
Category: ISSUE BRIEF
Issue Brief: Data & Discrimination—Improving Data Privacy for Low-Income Older Adults in Managed Care
When individuals dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid enroll in aligned Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNPs) or other models that coordinate care across programs, “Issue Brief: Data & Discrimination—Improving Data Privacy for Low-Income Older Adults in Managed Care”
Issue Brief: The HCBS Settings Rule—A Guide for New Jersey Advocates
The Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Settings Rule establishes minimum standards to ensure that Medicaid HCBS consumers live in settings that are truly non-institutional. “Issue Brief: The HCBS Settings Rule—A Guide for New Jersey Advocates”
New Issue Brief and Webinar: An Equity Analysis of California’s Assisted Living Waiver
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”
Updated With New Information: 25 Common Nursing Home Problems & How to Resolve Them
Justice in Aging has updated its essential guide, 25 Common Nursing Home Problems—& How to Resolve Them. The revised guide includes focused information on how “Updated With New Information: 25 Common Nursing Home Problems & How to Resolve Them”
Issue Brief: Why Too Many Psychotropic Medications in Nursing Facilities?
Nursing facility residents for decades have been medicated with antipsychotics and other psychotropics in order to sedate them and make them more easily managed. But “Issue Brief: Why Too Many Psychotropic Medications in Nursing Facilities?”
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”
New Issue Brief: Improving Care Compare Website to Empower Consumers
The Biden Administration and other policymakers are actively discussing nursing facility reform, motivated in part by the death and isolation residents suffered during the COVID “New Issue Brief: Improving Care Compare Website to Empower Consumers”
Issue Brief: Racial Disparities in Nursing Facilities—and How to Address Them
Recent years have seen an increased—and overdue—focus on structural racism within the United States. The focus on “structural” racism—as compared to legal or explicit racism, “Issue Brief: Racial Disparities in Nursing Facilities—and How to Address Them”
Issue Brief Series: SSI Access
The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program is vital for extremely low-income people who cannot work due to age or disability. The maximum federal benefit is “Issue Brief Series: SSI Access”