Technical Assistance Exchange Newsletter
August 18, 2010
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A Weekly Update for Aging & Disability Resource Centers, Community Living Programs,
Alzheimer's Disease Supportive Services Programs, and their Partners

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for a text version of this newsletter.

In This Issue

Helping the Most Elderly Remain Independent
Optimizing Medicaid Enrollment
New TAE Website Additions
The National Alliance for Caregiving is Seeking Family Caregivers of Veterans
for a New Study

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Helping the Most Elderly Remain Independent
Mathematica Examines Older Americans Act Title III Services

This issue brief prepared my Mathematica Policy Research examines the effectiveness
of Title III OAA funds at reaching adults at higher risk of nursing home placement.
The brief evaluates findings from AoA's National Survey of OAA Program Participants.
The study found that Title III participants were at a higher risk of entering a 
nursing home compared to others in their age group. While the study could not determine
if Title III programs definitively kept participants out of nursing homes, the survey
found that a majority of participants felt the programs helped them retain their
 independence and living in the community.


To read the issue brief, click here 

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Optimizing Medicaid Enrollment: Spotlight on Technology

The Kaiser Family Foundation has begun a new series highlighting the way states 
are using technology to streamline the Medicaid eligibility process. In this first
report, KFF examines Lousianna's Express Lane Eligibility (ELE). ELE, which was 
authorized under CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2009, allows Medicaid and CHIP agencies
the ability to use eligibility findings from other public programs to identify, 
enroll, and recertify participants. In the month after the program launched, 10,000
individuals were enrolled in Medicaid in "one stroke". Even with a 12% reduction
 in the Medicaid workforce over the last two years, the volume and quality of service
has remained consistent.

Click here 
to read the spotlight paper.
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New TAE Website Additions
First Day of Fall: Think Fall Prevention 
The Traumatic Brain Injury Association of Vermont developed this press release to
raise awareness and educate the general public about the importance of falls prevention.
The message and intent are pertinent to all ADRCs in their work with older adults
and people with all types of disabilities.

Nursing Home and Choices for Independence Verification Checklist 
This checklist from the New Hampshire ServiceLink Resource Center provides a list
of resources which clients will need to bring as part of the application process
 for long term care services.

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The National Alliance for Caregiving is
Seeking Family Caregivers of Veterans for a New Study
The National Alliance for Caregiving is a non-profit research organization seeking
participants for a new study of family caregivers of Veterans who need help with
 everyday activities. This study is intended to determine how caregivers of these
Veterans are coping, and what community and VA services, resources, and programs
 would support and assist them with their caregiving activities.
The National Alliance for Caregiving is currently recruiting many family caregivers
of Veterans from across the United States for the Internet survey. The deadline 
to participate in this study is September 15, 2010.
Cash incentives will be available for study participants. Information obtained from
the focus groups, telephone interviews, and Internet survey will be completely confidential
and will not be connected to the individual caregivers participating in the study.
 The National Alliance for Caregiving has conducted many national research studies
on caregiving, available on www.caregiving.org.
Thank you for considering participating in a study that could make a difference 
in the lives of caregivers of Veterans. Please contact Kathy Cameron at kathleen56@caregiving.org
 [mailto:kathleen56@caregiving.org]or 703-585-6607 for more information.

Family caregivers of veterans who wish to take part in the study can log on to: 
www.gwsurvey.com/caregiversofveterans.html 
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TAE
Website Tip of the Week

Interested in listening to recordings or reviewing notes from past technical assistance
calls and webinars? You can review all previous TA calls by navigating to "Past 
TA Events" under the Events tab on the ADRC-TAE webpage.

Contact us anytime at adrc-tae@lewin.com for website support.

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