RESOURCE LINKS

Stay in touch with national and international news and resources.

CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
National Institutes of Health conducts and supports research on human development, medical rehabilitation and the health of children, adults, families, and communities. This new National Institute of Child Health and Human Development site provides easy access to information for patients, the general public, scientists and the news media. Take a look at: www.nichd.gov

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

Preparing Older Americans and People With Disabilities For Emergencies
American Association of Retired People (AARP), American Red Cross (ARC), National Organization on Disability (NOD) and National Fire Protection Association have joined with the Department of Homeland Security in a Ready Campaign. Check out two new brochures highlighting steps older and disabled Americans and their families and caretakers should take before emergencies occur. For free brochures or more information about emergency preparedness, visit: www.ready.gov or call 1-800-BE-READY.

EMERGENCY EVACUATION WHEN YOU HAVE A DISABILITY
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has a new Emergency Evacuation Planning Guide for People with Disabilities designed to help you make plans now and be prepared. Also, be on the watch out, NFPA is including evacuation planning for people with disabilities in its emergency evacuation workshops across the country this fall. When NFPA's planning guide becomes available later this month, you can download free of charge at: www.nfpa.gov

WORKFORCE

Ensuring A Qualified Long-Term Care Workforce: From Pre-Employment Screens To On-The-Job Monitoring to improve the quality of care in long-term care settings, as well as to create a committed and qualified workforce, ASPE studied the best way to do pre-employment screening and on-the-job monitoring of nurse assistants to prevent resident abuse in nursing homes. The study can be used to inform policymakers, providers and consumers about the contributions and effectiveness of existing federal laws, and state and provider based strategies. Take a look at: www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/1704

SELF DIRECTION

Hiring In-Home Help: A Practical Guide for Consumers
People who need help to stay in their own homes as a result of an accident, prolonged illness, disability or aging can use this "consumer-buying guide" of basic tips on how to hire in-home help. Download at: www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/1693

Let's Learn Together: Personal Assistance Booklet
Montana Choice offers a two-section booklet on: What is Personal Assistance and Am I a Good Personal Assistant? Whether receiving personal assistance services in the home or giving personal assistance, the focus is on the relationship between the personal assistant and the consumer. Get at: www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/1692

Self-Directed Personal Assistance Services: A Consumers’ Guide
This Montana Choice handout gives people receiving personal assistance in their home or wanting to begin receiving services the resources needed to manage their care under the self-directed personal assistance program. Get at: www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/1694

MONEY FOLLOWS THE PERSON

Money Follows the Person Tool Box
All of the best information on nursing home transition and the new Money Follows the Person (MFP) initiatives created by the Deficit Reduction Act are right here. Each chapter summarizes the various stages states will go through in different MFP designs, such as identifying consumers, planning and implementing transitions from an institution, financing MFP, and evaluating programs and progress.
Get at: www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/1696

Money Follows the Person: State Approaches to Cost Effectiveness
States are analyzing the cost effectiveness of "Money follows the Person" nursing home transitions in many ways. This piece identifies the questions that should be asked about the cost effectiveness of nursing home transition projects, discusses each question, identifies available national and state data pertinent to the question, and shows how states have answered these questions. Get at: www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/1697

OUTREACH

Seeing Seniors: Shaping The Future of Aging in NH –Video Clip
ServiceLink, along with New Hampshire Public Television and Easter Seals New Hampshire/Seniors Count developed a year-long community awareness and outreach project that resulted in six feature stories on a nightly newsmagazine and community forums in four locations across the state. The project got seniors and caregivers together with local leaders to begin planning the kind of communities they want as they age. View this 6-minute video clip for a project overview: www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/1700

AGING

Shaping Communities for a Maturing America
Chicago National Association of Area Agencies on Aging Conference in August 2006 presents: The Maturing of America: Getting America's Communities on Track for the Aging of the Population, On Belonging and Belongings: Older Adults, Katrina and Lessons Learned, Enlightened Leadership: Getting to the Heart of Change. Review at: Get at: www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/1702

ACCESS POINT MODELS

Single Point of Entry - Opportunities in Alabama
Alabama Medicaid Agency used The Lewin Group to conduct a single point of entry feasibility study. Lewin and Alabama Medicaid Agency staffed a single point of entry with Alabama consumers and other long term care stakeholders to guide the study. Three SPE models were studied and each presents an array of pros and cons. Find out more at: Get at: www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/1699