Older adults are at the center of the nation’s housing affordability and homelessness crisis. Older adult renters are more likely to pay a large proportion “Issue Brief: Low-Income Older Adults Face Unaffordable Rents, Driving Housing Instability and Homelessness”
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Updated for COVID-19: 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, among other things, COVID-19 “Updated for COVID-19: 25 Common Nursing Home Problems & How to Resolve Them”
Justice in Aging’s Priorities for a New Administration to Advance Equity and Meet the Needs of Low-Income Older Adults
Health Care, HCBS, Economic Security, and Housing Justice in Aging’s Priorities for a New Administration to Advance Equity and Meet the Needs of Low-Income Older “Justice in Aging’s Priorities for a New Administration to Advance Equity and Meet the Needs of Low-Income Older Adults “
Issue Brief: Adding a Dental Benefit to Medicare: Addressing Oral Health Inequity Based on Disability
By Amber Christ, Directing Attorney, Health Team The Medicare statute explicitly excludes nearly all dental coverage for the 60 million older adults and people with “Issue Brief: Adding a Dental Benefit to Medicare: Addressing Oral Health Inequity Based on Disability”
Issue Brief: 8 Recommendations for Health Plans Serving Dually Eligible Individuals to Center Equity: An Overdue and Necessary Response to COVID-19
COVID-19 is disparately impacting older adults, people with disabilities and those with underlying health conditions, communities of color, and people with limited income and wealth. “Issue Brief: 8 Recommendations for Health Plans Serving Dually Eligible Individuals to Center Equity: An Overdue and Necessary Response to COVID-19”
A Primer on Dual Eligible Californians: How People Enrolled in Both Medicare and Medi-Cal Receive Their Care
California is home to nearly 20% of the country’s older adults with low incomes and people with disabilities who receive health care coverage from both “A Primer on Dual Eligible Californians: How People Enrolled in Both Medicare and Medi-Cal Receive Their Care”
Issue Brief: CMS Guidance/Waivers to Nursing Facilities During COVID-19 Outbreak
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to issue updated guidance to nursing facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our latest resource details guidance “Issue Brief: CMS Guidance/Waivers to Nursing Facilities During COVID-19 Outbreak”
Issue Brief: The “CARES Act:” What’s in It & What’s Missing
On March 27th, Congress passed the CARES Act (H.R. 748), a $2 trillion funding package aimed at addressing the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on “Issue Brief: The “CARES Act:” What’s in It & What’s Missing”
Issue Brief: Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB) Protections in Medicare Advantage: Issues, Tips and Avenues for Advocacy
The Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB) program is a Medicaid benefit that pays for Medicare premiums as well as protects individuals from coinsurance and copayment for “Issue Brief: Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB) Protections in Medicare Advantage: Issues, Tips and Avenues for Advocacy”
Issue Brief: Adding a Dental Benefit to Medicare – Addressing Racial Disparities
The Medicare statute currently excludes nearly all dental coverage for the 60 million older adults and people with disabilities who rely on the program. This “Issue Brief: Adding a Dental Benefit to Medicare – Addressing Racial Disparities”