Family Matters in an Aging America
This presentation (1:02:57 minutes) by Lynn Friss Feinberg, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor at the AARP Public Policy Institute, discusses the important of family centered care as a large population in America continues to age.
Medicare-Medicaid Integration: A Reference Guide to Emerging Evidence and Technical Assistance Tools
This reference guide is part of the Better Care for People with Complex Needs Playbook. This reference guide summarizes a set of curated resources to help key stakeholders — including health plans, providers, policymakers, and community-based organizations — better understand both the needs of the dually eligible population and emerging evidence and practical approaches for advancing Medicare-Medicaid integration.
Integrating Care for Dually Eligible Beneficiaries: Policy Issues and Options
This report is part of the Better Care for People with Complex Needs Playbook. This report details the current landscape of integrated care models, and identifies policy recommendations to increase enrollment in integrated models and promote greater integration in existing programs.
A Pathway to Full Integration of Care for Medicare-Medicaid Beneficiaries
This report is part of the Better Care for People with Complex Needs Playbook from the Bipartisan Policy Center. The report identifies three care models that states can choose to achieve full integrative care: (1) improved Fully Integrated Dually Eligible Special Needs Plans (FIDE-SNPs); (2) Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE); and (3) a flexible model building off the managed fee-for-service model implemented in Washington State.
Age Friendly Healthcare Webinars for Direct Care Workers
In partnership with Service Providers for Seniors group in Grand Forks, North Dakota, Dakota Geriatrics (GWEP) has organised a series of webinars on the Age Friendly Heatlhcare Systems and the framework of Geriatric 4Ms.
Intersection Between Disability and Aging Policy
This presentation (38:30 minutes) given by Dr. Thomas Eagen through the Arizona Center on Aging discusses the intersection between disability and aging policy. Dr. Eagen provides a background of aging and disability as well as the difference between aging into disability and aging with a disability. He also highlights some of the disability and aging policy issues that exist. (Presentation begins at 4:48 minutes).
Historical and Contemporary Trauma in African American Communities
This 1-hour webinar given by Drs. Jonathan Palmer, Robbin Frazier, and Suzanne Madison discusses how during the pandemic and civil unrest, older adults may be particularly vulnerable to re-traumatization as they re-experience a previous traumatic event, either consciously or unconsciously, as the result of a current racially bias event. This webinar will provide an overview of the historical trauma and resilience of the African American community in Minnesota as well as provide helpful strategies in trauma-informed care with older adults.
Strategies for Patient, Family, and Caregiver Engagement
This report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality discusses the Chronic Care Model which emphasizes the need for an "informed activated patient" and a "prepared and proactive team" to improve patient outcomes. This Technical Brief applies a framework to create a map of the currently available evidence on patient and family engagement strategies that have been used to help people manage chronic conditions. The report focused on research regarding from national organizations focusing on health system and community/policy levels.
Oral Health & Older Adults
This resource hub from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research includes up-to-date information on significant oral health concerns for older adults, including dry mouth, taste disorders, diabetes, oral cancer, saliva and salivary gland disorders, burning mouth syndrome, and gum disease. Information sheets for caregivers on brushing, flossing, dry mouth, and finding low-cost dental care for older adults can be downloaded and/or ordered.