In our latest blog post, ACL's Alison Barkoff breaks down the final Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services rule (released by CMSGov Monday), detailing what’s most important for people with disabilities and older adults to know. Read post: acl.gov/news-and-event…
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The #AFPHS team’s April training focused on TFAH’s 2024 #ReadyorNot report and community preparedness strategies that protect the health of older adults. Watch the recap if you missed it. youtu.be/7qtP-pmX1gU

GUIDE | Grantmakers In Aging released a new guide based on interviews with seventeen philanthropic leaders, including JAHF's Rani Snyder, showing how people across different sectors are stepping up to create public-private partnerships & drive change for #caregivers : ow.ly/G6lC50Rk4C5

Apply today for the The John A. Hartford Foundation 2024 Business Innovation Award! The award recognizes CBO—health care contracts and partnerships that improve health outcomes and quality of life for older adults, people with disabilities and/or caregivers.

Deadline to apply: May 6th

📰 ARTICLE | JAHF home-based primary care grantees published an article about the 3rd phase of our collaborative initiative involving four organizations: National Home-Based Primary Care Learning Network, HCCI, AmerAcadHomeCareMed & newly joined Duke-Margolis, adding a focus on policy: ow.ly/eJXk50Rmh2w

Building relationships and formal partnerships between #longtermcare providers and #pharmacists is increasingly vital to managing resident care, experts said at a Moving Forward Nursing Home Quality Coalition event Monday.

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📢 SPECIAL CALL FOR APPLICATIONS | HAPFellows invites applicants in Westers #NewYork and Southeaster #Michigan to apply for its Health and Aging Policy Fellowship: Caregiver Policy Track.

Join their information session on May 7 at 12pm ET to learn more: ow.ly/fBXo50RmjiR

📝 REGISTER | The Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Program is accepting registrations for their Alzheimer's and Dementia Care (ADC) ECHO Program Series, a case-based interactive learning session to bring advanced training & support to primary care providers.

Spring series begins 5/1: ow.ly/1fxl50R1j4F

The Biden administration mandated minimum staffing levels for nursing homes. They are higher than many facilities’ current payrolls, but not as high as advocates sought.

Here's what you need to know, reported by Jordan Rau. ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article/n…

👩‍💻 WEBINAR SERIES | This month's The Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Program Better #Caregiving for All will speak to 'Long-Distance Caregivers of Persons Living with Dementia.' Join TOMORROW at 10am ET and hear from their content expert Yael Wyte & from caregivers.

Register here: ow.ly/gxk150RhbYB

Join us 4/30 for the webinar 'The Gerontologist Special Issue on Climate Change and Aging,” featuring authors of several articles that provide a roadmap of how we can confront the climate change crisis that has and will continue to influence how we age. bit.ly/4aLUAk2

📰 Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) has launched its first 18-month Collaborative to accelerate system-wide spread of #AgeFriendly care for #OlderAdults , engaging 30 health systems to accelerate & spread 4Ms adoption across all their sites & care settings:
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This comprehensive resource can help dementia caregivers and the organizations that support them find, learn about, and compare nearly 50 top-rated dementia caregiving programs.

Learn more at bpc.caregiver.org

📝 APPLY | National Home-Based Primary Care Learning Network invites you to join the National Home-Based Primary Care Learning Network, an experiential quality improvement intensive learning collaborative, joining the current 81 practices.

⏰ Apply by 5/15: ow.ly/6q0f50R47v2
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Past webinars are always available on our website. If you're interested in learning more about practical changes your ED can make to more completely assess older people who have fallen, watch our 'Falls Assessment in the Geriatric ED' webinar: gedcollaborative.com/event/falls-as…

⚖️ ATTEND | Center for Medicare Advocacy 11th Annual National Voices of Medicare Summit & Senator Jay Rockefeller Lecture - tomorrow 4/24 in DC & virtually.
The Summit will explore ways to enhance access to comprehensive Medicare coverage, promote health equity & more:
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Nearly 60% of facilities currently meet the overall staffing requirement of 3.48 hours per resident day, which has been set as the interim requirement in the rule. twitter.com/preetabread/st…

CMS said it would exempt #nursinghomes from RN coverage for up to 8 hours per day “under certain circumstances,” unveiling a critical new detail in the second part of today’s #staffing rule rollout. #longtermcare mcknights.com/news/extra-cms…

📚 READ | The quality of life tradeoffs incurred by tight safety protocols & isolation of #NursingHome residents during the COVID-19 pandemic demand more research & policy changes.

Read more in McKnight's LTC News & learn about the #MovingForwardCoalition : ow.ly/2gch50Rk2iT

WEBINAR: Join us May 1 from 10–11 AM Pacific for a free webinar addressing loneliness and food insecurity in the older adult population, brought to you by Home Instead. asaging.org/web-seminars/a…