Rural long-term care resources related to rural health and human services, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center Copyright 2008 Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/longtermcare/ PRNewswire article via Bio-Medicine reports that in releasing a new Lewin Group analysis of the Bush administration's $770 million cut to Medicare-financed nursing home care, national and state long term care leaders warned the regulatory-driven cuts not only jeopardize seniors' access to quality nursing home care -- particularly in rural areas -- but also present a clear and present danger to the U.S. economy and the state and local caregiver jobs base. http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-1/New-Studies-of-Bush-Administration--24770-Million-SNF-Medicare-Cut-Find-Seniors-Care-Jeopardized--Local-Jobs-Lost--National-and-State-Economies-Threat-19216-1/ Wed, 14 May 2008 08:40:39 CST http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-1/New-Studies-of-Bush-Administration--24770-Million-SNF-Medicare-Cut-Find-Seniors-Care-Jeopardized--Local-Jobs-Lost--National-and-State-Economies-Threat-19216-1/ Washington DC May 22, 2008 -- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.cms.hhs.gov/OpenDoorForums/25_ODF_SNFLTC.asp#TopOfPage Tue, 13 May 2008 09:37:26 CST http://www.cms.hhs.gov/OpenDoorForums/25_ODF_SNFLTC.asp#TopOfPage San Francisco Examiner, (CA) article reports that the Coalition to Protect Senior Care (CPSC) today expressed its strong opposition to a newly-issued rule promulgated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) which, by regulatory means, will cut Medicare-financed nursing home funding by $5 billion over five years. http://www.examiner.com/p-159481~Nation_s_Front_Line_Caregivers_Say_New_CMS_Rule_Undermines_Care_Needs_of_America_s_Oldest__Sickest_Seniors.html Tue, 06 May 2008 07:15:09 CST http://www.examiner.com/p-159481~Nation_s_Front_Line_Caregivers_Say_New_CMS_Rule_Undermines_Care_Needs_of_America_s_Oldest__Sickest_Seniors.html This interim final rule with comment period implements certain provisions of section 114 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 relating to long term care hospitals (LTCHs). These provisions include a 3-year delay in the application of certain provisions of the payment adjustment for short-stay outliers and revisions to the RY 2008 standard Federal rate. http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/08-1217.htm Tue, 06 May 2008 06:51:26 CST http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/08-1217.htm The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) last week published the final regulation establishing rate year (RY) 2009 Federal payment rates and policies for long-term care hospitals (LTCHs). http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=8616 Mon, 05 May 2008 09:34:48 CST http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=8616 Comments are being requested on this proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that would update the prospective payment rates for inpatient rehabilitation facilities for Federal fiscal year (FY) 2009 (for discharges occurring on or after October 1, 2008 and on or before September 30, 2009). http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/08-1174.htm Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:10:41 CST http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/08-1174.htm Medicaid beneficiaries and families searching for top quality long-term care services can find critical new information added today to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Web site Nursing Home Compare. http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=8545 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:46:02 CST http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=8545 Information on publicly-funded caregiver support programs in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. -- Family Caregiver Alliance http://www.caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/content_node.jsp?nodeid=1274 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:36:18 CST http://www.caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/content_node.jsp?nodeid=1274 This Federal Register proposed notice seeks the comments of interested parties on a draft supplemental compliance program guidance (CPG) for nursing facilities developed by the Office of Inspector General (OIG). http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-7993.htm Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:52:29 CST http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-7993.htm Discusses the Green House, which is a place where elders can receive assistance and support with daily living and clinical care without the assistance and care becoming the focus of their existence. Also discusses the Green House model, developing a business plan, and how it could be replicated. -- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation http://www.rwjf.org/pr/product.jsp?id=24351 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:53:47 CST http://www.rwjf.org/pr/product.jsp?id=24351 Developed to assist states in their efforts to create a single, coordinated system of information and access for all persons seeking long term support to minimize confusion, enhance individual choice, and support informed decision-making. -- Administration on Aging http://www.aoa.gov/prof/aging_dis/aging_dis.asp Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:43:36 CST http://www.aoa.gov/prof/aging_dis/aging_dis.asp Discusses selected characteristics of long-term careconsumers and providers and describes payers and selected programs that finance long-term care services. -- Congressional Research Service http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/RL33919_20070315.pdf Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:24:48 CST http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/RL33919_20070315.pdf Presents data from the 2004 National Nursing Home Survey and from an industry-sponsored survey that show important ways in which these two types of services are converging and ways in which they are still quite different. -- Center for Excellence in Assisted Living http://www.theceal.org/column.php?ID=16 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:16:27 CST http://www.theceal.org/column.php?ID=16 Philadelphia PA October 12, 2008 -- American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging http://www.aahsa.org/conferences/annual_meeting/default.asp Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:02:29 CST http://www.aahsa.org/conferences/annual_meeting/default.asp Nashville TN October 5, 2008 -- American Health Care Association http://www.ahcancal.org/events/ahca_convention/Documents/2008_convention_ad.pdf Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:57:13 CST http://www.ahcancal.org/events/ahca_convention/Documents/2008_convention_ad.pdf -- National Center for Assisted Living http://www.ncal.org/ Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:45:12 CST http://www.ncal.org/ Portland OR October 26, 2008 -- National PACE Association http://www.npaonline.org/website/article.asp?id=737 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 13:15:36 CST http://www.npaonline.org/website/article.asp?id=737 Promotes high-quality assisted living and serves as a national clearinghouse, bringing together research, practices, and policy that foster quality and affordability in assisted living. http://www.theceal.org/ Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:59:42 CST http://www.theceal.org/ Presents summary proceedings and results of panel and participant discussions on affordable assisted living. -- Center for Excellence in Assisted Living http://www.theceal.org/assets/PDF/Affordability_White_Paper.pdf Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:51:31 CST http://www.theceal.org/assets/PDF/Affordability_White_Paper.pdf Highlights of three case studies involving ruralaging and health care providers who were in various stages of exploring PACE. -- National PACE Association http://www.raconline.org/pdf/rural_case_studies.pdf Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:44:02 CST http://www.raconline.org/pdf/rural_case_studies.pdf Assists rural PACE providers and their academic partners in designing and implementing an interdisciplinary training program that reflects their specific needs, communities and resources. -- Rural PACE Technical Assistance Program http://www.raconline.org/pdf/pace_in_rural_areas.pdf Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:41:04 CST http://www.raconline.org/pdf/pace_in_rural_areas.pdf Report from the AHCA Rural Health Initiatives Work Group, which examines challenges rural long term care facilities face and helps develop strategies specific to long term care issues. -- American Health Care Association http://www.raconline.org/pdf/ahca_rural_ltc.pdf Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:40:13 CST http://www.raconline.org/pdf/ahca_rural_ltc.pdf Discusses the financial impact of caregiving on the caregivers themselves as well as the economic valueof their contributions to society. -- AARP Public Policy Institute http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/il/ib82_caregiving.pdf Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:48:37 CST http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/il/ib82_caregiving.pdf Reports on a study to: review the existence and accessibility of Internet-based resources intended to support the decision to enter a nursing facility and select the appropriate facility; examine how consumers select a nursing home; explore if and how existing information resources are used in the decision-making process; and identify gaps in needed information resources. -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/2006/chooseI.pdf Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:35:06 CST http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/2006/chooseI.pdf Reports on the barriers to successful, high-quality care for recipients and their care providers. Provides an overview of how these barriers affect the lives of midlife and older women. -- AARP http://www.owl-national.org/Mother's%20Day%20Reports_files/2006MothersDayReport-1.pdf Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:07:14 CST http://www.owl-national.org/Mother's%20Day%20Reports_files/2006MothersDayReport-1.pdf Explores trends in Medicaid spending on long-term care and the implications of its rapid growth for taxpayers and for the needs of an aging population. http://www.bc.edu/centers/crr/issues/ib_2007-4.pdf Sat, 09 Jun 2007 09:37:24 CST http://www.bc.edu/centers/crr/issues/ib_2007-4.pdf An online resource that offers free and convenient access to charts on various health care themes developed by The Commonwealth Fund. -- Commonwealth Fund http://www.commonwealthfund.org/chartcart/ Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:06:22 CST http://www.commonwealthfund.org/chartcart/ Provides information about Systems Changegrants and the kinds of activities state Medicaid agencies have undertakento transform their institutionally based systems. -- National Health Policy Forum http://www.nhpf.org/pdfs_ib/IB822_SystemsChange_05-30-07.pdf Tue, 05 Jun 2007 08:54:55 CST http://www.nhpf.org/pdfs_ib/IB822_SystemsChange_05-30-07.pdf This study examines the issues that assisted living in unlicensed housing might have for consumers, in terms of quality of care, quality of life, and access to affordable assisted living services. Describes four states experiences with this model and discusses the implications for state policy. -- AARP Public Policy Institute http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/il/2007_08_housing.pdf Tue, 29 May 2007 09:32:59 CST http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/il/2007_08_housing.pdf Identifies in detail the major challenges women face as they age. These include the need for long-term care, higher rates of disability and chronic health problems, lower incomes than men, and women as providers of long-term care. -- AARP Public Policy Institute http://www.aarp.org/research/longtermcare/trends/fs77r_ltc.html Fri, 04 May 2007 11:22:55 CST http://www.aarp.org/research/longtermcare/trends/fs77r_ltc.html