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Clearinghouse Clips: September 4, 2009
Facts for Features: Americans with Disabilities Act: July 26
Summary: The U.S. Census Bureau has compiled a set of disability-related facts and figures as part of its Facts for Features series. Facts for Features consist of collections of statistics from the Census Bureau's demographic and economic subject areas intended to commemorate anniversaries or observances or to provide background information for topics in the news. This edition of Facts for Features commemorates the 19th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Topic(s): Developmental/Psychiatric Disabilities, Physical Disabilities
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
More Info: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/2687
MDS-HC Functional Assessment Form - Massachusetts
Summary: This chart compares all the various tools used in the MA long term care system to the Minimum Data Set Home Care (MDS-HC). This format made it easy to see where there where gaps and redundancies in data elements. Sections include personal information (identification, referral, assessment) patterns (cognitive, community, vision, mood and behavior, social functioning), and health (support services, IADL, continence, disease, nutrition, medication) and other service utilization questions.
Topic(s): Aging Issues, Consumer Direction, Developmental/Psychiatric Disabilities, Resource Center
Source: Grantee produced, Massachusetts
More Info: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/2684
Money Follows the Person: An Early Implementation Snapshot
Summary: This issue brief examines the early successes and challenges of MFP. A 2008 survey of 29 states receiving MFP grants turned up several key findings, including that several hundred people have moved from institutional to community settings; that states are providing a broad range of services to facilitate transition; that housing issues for MFP participants are a major challenge for states; and that the severe economic downturn had not yet prompted states to scale back their efforts.
Topic(s): Housing, Money Follows the Person
Source: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
More Info: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/2680
Partnership Plus Online Toolkit: Creating Opportunities for Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Networks to Work Together
Summary: With the issuance of revised Ticket regulations, State VR agencies and ENs have expanded options for meeting the employment and training needs of Social Security beneficiaries with disabilities and new options for seeking financial compensation from SSA. This Toolkit provides information and tools that will help agencies successfully implement the Ticket program and take advantage of new options. It also provides examples to the new regulations and changes to VR Provider Handbook.
Topic(s): Employment Programs, State/Agency Information
Source: Partnership Plus EN-VR
More Info: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/2685
Pre and Post ADRC Consumer Flow
Summary: How do consumers interactions with agencies change when an ADRC is added to the community. The following two examples show how consumer's flow before and after implementation. Refer to the descriptions and diagrams from Texas, one from Lubbock County and the other from Harris.
Topic(s): Aging Issues, Developmental/Psychiatric Disabilities, Resource Center
Source: Grantee produced, Texas
More Info: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/2688
Providing More Long-term Support and Services at Home: Why It's Critical for Health Reform
Summary: Looking for quick talking points on how the expansion of home and community-based long term care services can significantly help address the health care needs of many older adults? A new Fact Sheet provides examples and data on why HCBS is a critical component of Health Reform.
Topic(s): Long-Term Care, State/Agency Information
Source: AARP Public Policy Institute
More Info: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/2686
Risk Management Contract Requirements Michigan
Summary: Risk management embraces all the decisions we make and activities we undertake with the intent of improving our health and safety and the environment. This document consists of excerpts from the 2007 Michigan Department of Community Health Contract Requirements for Care Management Performance Criteria and Waiver Program Operating Standards. Review this protocol as an example.
Topic(s): Quality, Resource Center, State/Agency Information
Source: Grantee produced, Michigan
More Info: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/2689
State Chart Book on Wages for Personal and Home Care Aides, 1999-2008
Summary: This updated resource provides a state-by-state look at wages and wage trends for PHCAs, the second fastest growing occupation in the country, and a key job title within the direct-care workforce. Review wages over a 9-year period. Prepared as a resource guide on wages for advocates and policymakers concerned with the direct-care workforce, the data underscore the problem of low and declining real wages for PHCAs, factors which contribute to workforce.
Topic(s): Workforce/Direct Care
Source: PHI-Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute
More Info: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/2683
Still waiting. . .. . . the unfulfilled promise of Olmstead
Summary: The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law issues this call to action to inform advocates, policymakers and the public about the vital role the Supreme Court's landmark decision plays in enabling people with mental illnesses to benefit from community life. The Olmstead decision is now 10 years old. According to the report, many people with mental illnesses remain segregated in board-and-care homes, nursing facilities and other institutions even though supportive community living is cost-effective.
Topic(s): Mental Health, Olmstead
Source: Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
More Info: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/2679
The Texas Microboard Collaboration
Summary: A microboard is formed when a small group of committed family and friends join together with a person with a disability to create a nonprofit organization. This group develops a person-centered plan called a PATH (Planning Alternative Tomorrows with Hope) to address the individual's support needs. The website offers ideas on ways to establish and operate this innovative program.
Topic(s): Developmental/Psychiatric Disabilities, Peer Supports, Physical Disabilities
Source: The Arc of Texas
More Info: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/2678
VD-HCBS Flow Chart
Summary: What is the process for eligible Veterans to be screened and enrolled in the VD-HCBS program? This flow chart illustrates the scenarios and process for all parties including the roles of the VAMC and CLP grantee agencies. Important for both Veterans Affairs Medical Centers and AAA or ADRCs.
Topic(s): Aging Issues, Developmental/Psychiatric Disabilities, Resource Center
Source: Administration on Aging, The Lewin Group
More Info: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/2682
By: Clearinghouse for Home and Community Based Services.
When: 7/2/2014
