Technical Assistance Exchange Newsletter June 23, 2010 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Weekly Update for Aging & Disability Resource Centers, Community Living Programs, Alzheimer's Disease Supportive Services Programs, and their Partners Contact us with questions about this newsletter: adrc-tae@lewin.com or 703.269.5554 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please visit the TAE website for a text version of this newsletter. In This Issue Congressional Research Service Report: Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Upcoming Grantee TA Call New TAE Website Additions Upcoming Webinars Invitation to Present a Workshop or Poster at the 2011 Aging in America Conference ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ADSSP Featured in the Innovations Clearinghouse on Family Caregiving The Alzheimer's Disease Supportive Services Program is the key feature this month on the Innovations Clearinghouse on Family Caregiving website ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Contact Us! Follow us on Twitter adrc-tae@lewin.com adrc-tae.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports: Key Changes in the Health Reform Law This Kaiser Family Foundation issue brief examines new opportunities under the health reform law for states to balance their Medicaid long-term care delivery systems by expanding access to Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS) programs. The brief outlines key provisions of the new law that expand HCBS benefit options, broaden financial and functional eligibility criteria, and provide additional financial incentives for states to further shift their Medicaid long-term services budgets to non-institutional settings. Click here to read the issue brief. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Upcoming Grantee TA Calls TAE Training: Options Counseling for Program Planners and Managers Program planners and managers plan and establish standards for how Options Counseling is provided through their organizations. This course reviews the core competencies of Options Counseling and expands learning to other managerial considerations that influence the effectiveness of how options counseling is delivered. These considerations include organizational planning and integration of services, staff training, development and supervision, and program evaluation. Program Planners and managers will benefit from exploring how to plan and implement Options Counseling within the context of their unique organizations and community settings. They will have the opportunity to share questions with each other and to learn successful strategies from their peers. Audience: Program Planers and Managers * Date: July 7, 2010 * Time: 3:00 - 4:30 PM Eastern * Webinar: * Webinar ID: 341-580-576 * Register for the webinar ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New TAE Website Additions Illinois's Coordinated Point of Entry Standards Illinois created a set of standards to ensure that ADRCs are integrated access points where consumers receive information and assistance, assessments of needs, care planning, referral, assistance in completing applications, authorizations of services, and follow-up to ensure that referrals and services are accessed. Care Transitions Resources Coaching Patients to Improve Care Transitions in Pennsylvania: QIO/Area Agency on Aging Partnership Naomi Hauser from Quality Insights of Pennsylvania gave this presentation on the Care Transitions work group call on June 17, 2010. Care Transitions Project Overview Jane Brock from the Colorado Foundation for Medical Care gave this presentation on the Care Transitions work group all on June 17, 2010. Care Transitions Workgroup: "ADRCs and QIOs: Potential Partners in Care Transitions" Kip Brown's introductory presentation for Care Transitions work group call on June 17, 2010. Stregthening Services for Older Adults through Changes to the Older Americans Act Source: New York Academy of Medicine & National Coalition on Care Coordination The Social Work Leadership Institute of the New York Academy of Medicine and the National Coalition on Care Coordination developed recommendations that consider how to strengthen care coordination in the 2011 reauthorization of the Older Americans Act (OAA). The recommendations enhance provisions for care coordination that link health/medical and long-term care and social support services. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Upcoming Webinars A Systematic Evidence Review of the Signs and Symptoms of Dementia and Brief Cognitive Tests Available in VA Hosted by: Health Services Research and Development Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs Broad-based dementia screening programs have not been widely advocated given lack of evidence that earlier detection will improve health outcomes. Improving the accuracy of case-finding techniques depends both on an understanding of signs and symptoms that help distinguish patients with dementia from those without, and the reliability of brief assessment tests that can be incorporated into primary care practice when appropriate. The purpose of this report is to systematically review the evidence on identifying the signs and symptoms of dementia in undiagnosed patients, and evaluating several brief mental status measures currently being used in VHA. * Date: June 28, 2010 * Time: 2:00pm EST For more information and to register, click here ================================================================================ AoA Consumer Direction Webinar We are pleased to invite you to the Administration on Aging (AoA) Consumer Direction Webinar, Consumer-Directed Programs: Challenges, Insights, and Successes of Training, presented by the National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services (NRCPDS) at Boston College. The fourth and final webinar of the AoA's four-part Consumer Direction Webinar Series will highlight successful consumer direction programs and will include a moderated Question and Answer (Q&A) session with program staff, consumer-directed counselors, and participants. Based on your survey results, Part 1 of the webinar will focus on the transition of case managers to consumer-directed counselors. Consumer-directed counselors will share their experiences with this transition, the changes in their roles and responsibilities, and the importance of training. Part 2 of the webinar will focus on training participants, representatives, and workers. Programs will discuss their process of developing training programs and manuals and a program participant will present their personal experiences training workers. A copy of the presentation slides and accompanying Resource Guide will be available on our website, www.training.participantdirection.org, prior to the webinar. Many of you also indicated that you would like to learn more about fraud and abuse. We will post a "Fraud and Abuse Webinette" on our website and will include the link to the recorded presentation in your Resource Guide. Webinar Information: * Date: June 30, 2010 * Time: 3:00-4:30 PM (EST) To register for the webinar, click here For an accessible registration form, please email info@participantdirection.org [mailto:info@participantdirection.org] In addition to submitting questions and comments during the webinar, you are also able to submit questions in advance here ================================================================================ Center for Personal Assistance Services Webinar In this webinar, Joshua Wiener will discuss "What Does the Health Reform Legislation Mean for Long-Term Services and Supports?" Dr. Wiener will explore the recently enacted legislation - highlighting the CLASS Act, the direct care workforce, Medicare payment for post-acute care, care coordination, and quality of care in nursing homes. There is no fee and no pre-registration for this webinar which is open to everyone. An archive of this webinar will be available at a later date. To join the Webinar, please visit: http://www.tinyurl.com/PASElluminate It is recommended that you visit this link before hand, as the Webinar software (Elluminate) needs to be downloaded to your computer, which can take a few minutes. First time user support is available at: http://www.elluminate.com/support/index.jsp covers downloading and installing the required software and testing your connection. Free online training is available at: http://www.elluminate.com/support/training/ * Date: June 30, 2010 * Time: 2-3 PM EST * Toll-free Number: 1-800-625-5918 * Passcode: 7023043 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Invitation to Present a Workshop or Poster at the 2011 Aging in America Conference The proposal submission site at www.agingconference.org now open. Proposals must be submitted online to be considered. Presenters are encouraged to submit a proposal as soon as possible to ensure that you don't miss the deadline. Your workshop or poster presentation should address these important questions: What's new? Why is it important? What works? How can we make it work in other communities? Presentations featuring two to five presenters are especially encouraged since participants value the breadth and depth of knowledge that a team of presenters can offer. * Date: April 26-30, 2011 * Location: San Francisco, CA * Proposal Deadline: June 30, 11:59pm EDT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TAE Website Tip of the Week More changes have come to the TAE website. Now you can access the TAE Online Discussion Forum in the side navigation window (right below the Twitter and "ADRCs in the News" buttons), and you can also access the TAE training section from the tab in the main navigation bar. Contact us anytime at adrc-tae@lewin.com for website support. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~