ISSUE BRIEF Archives - Justice in Aging

Issue Brief & Fact Sheet: HCBS Equity Framework

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”

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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”

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”

California

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”

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”

Nursing Homes

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?”

Disability Medi-Cal

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”

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”

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”