Rural aging resources related to rural health and human services, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center Copyright 2010 Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/aging/ The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Bureau of Health Professions is pleased to announce American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding opportunities for the Equipment to Enhance Training for Health Professionals (EETHP) Initiative. http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=13239 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:18:36 CST http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=13239 This funding opportunity is one of many for the Equipment to Enhance Training for Health Professionals (EETHP) program, hereby known as EETHP Equipment Initiative. This funding opportunity is for entities eligible for the EETHP-GTPD grant program only. -- Bureau of Health Professions http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2341 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:14:07 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2341 This funding opportunity is one of many for the Equipment to Enhance Training for Health Professionals (EETHP) program, hereby known as EETHP Equipment Initiative. This specific program announcement is for the Geriatric Education Centers Program. -- Bureau of Health Professions http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2324 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:46:12 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2324 Heart disease hospitalization rates among Americans aged 65 years and older vary substantially depending on where they live, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2010/r100301.htm Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:45:23 CST http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2010/r100301.htm This funding opportunity is one of many for the Equipment to Enhance Training for Health Professionals (EETHP) program, hereby known as EETHP Equipment Initiative. This specific program announcement is for the Comprehensive Geriatric Education Program -- Bureau of Health Professions http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2320 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:48:35 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2320 Wichita KS March 25, 2010 http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=conted&p=/Aging2010/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:17:08 CST http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=conted&p=/Aging2010/ Funding to expand the use of remote patient monitoring technologies that help improve the health and safety of older adults. -- Center for Technology and Aging http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2308 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:47:21 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2308 Traverse City MI September 25, 2010 -- National Indian Council on Aging http://www.nicoa.org/Conference_&_Events/home.html Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:34:46 CST http://www.nicoa.org/Conference_&_Events/home.html Chicago IL March 15, 2010 -- National Council on Aging http://www.agingconference.org/AiA10/index.cfm Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:21:27 CST http://www.agingconference.org/AiA10/index.cfm Works to influence public policy by advocating for informed choice, quality care, and accessibility for all Americans. Provides an interactive directory of professionally managed senior living communities. http://www.alfa.org/alfa/Default.asp Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:30:25 CST http://www.alfa.org/alfa/Default.asp Examines the barriers to securing affordable coverage in the current marketplace for uninsured people ages 55 to 65, as well as the potential for a Medicare buy-in to improve the groups health insurance coverage rate. -- Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured http://www.kff.org/healthreform/upload/7904.pdf Mon, 18 May 2009 14:44:43 CST http://www.kff.org/healthreform/upload/7904.pdf Funding for projects to reduce violence in specific communities such as those defined by race, ethnicity, tribe, gender, sexual identity or rural/frontier location. -- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2105 Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:29:11 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2105 Presents the ideas and strategies of national-level policy makers and planners regarding their work and responsibility in transportation for older adults. -- National Center on Senior Transportation http://webcast.streamlogics.com/audience/index.asp?eventid=42765444 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:45:30 CST http://webcast.streamlogics.com/audience/index.asp?eventid=42765444 Overview of the federal housing programs that provide housing assistance, including rent subsidies, mortgage insurance, and loans and grants for the purchase or repair of homes, to the elderly. Includes programs that support rural housing for the elderly. -- Government Accountability Office http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05174.pdf Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:17:27 CST http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05174.pdf Describes PACE (Program of the All-inclusive Care for the Elderly) and explains how to start a program in terms of application, eligibility, services, enrollment, payment, and restraints. -- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PACE/Downloads/PACEFactSheet.pdf Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:22:49 CST http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PACE/Downloads/PACEFactSheet.pdf Serves as a toolkit for trainers that help older adults find reliable, up-to-date online health information on their own. Designed for beginner or intermediate students. Kit includes an introductory video, lesson plans, and other training tools. -- National Institute on Aging http://nihseniorhealth.gov/toolkit/toolkit.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:42:16 CST http://nihseniorhealth.gov/toolkit/toolkit.html Provides updates on events in aging, research and policy developments, innovative practices and more. This is a monthly newsletter of the American Society on Aging. http://www.asaging.org/asav2/asaconnection/enews/search.cfm Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:07:56 CST http://www.asaging.org/asav2/asaconnection/enews/search.cfm Covers developments in public policy, research, practice, media and programming in the field of aging. It is the bimonthly newspaper of The American Society on Aging. http://www.agingtoday.org/at/at-305/toc.cfm Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:03:23 CST http://www.agingtoday.org/at/at-305/toc.cfm Highlights the Rural PACE grant program and how it is helping providers meet the needs of seniors who want to live at home. -- Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/newsletter/web/summer08.php#atc Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:07:12 CST http://www.raconline.org/newsletter/web/summer08.php#atc Discusses continuum of care and how it can ease residents through life transitions and benefit facilities financially. Describes programs that exist in various rural communities. -- Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/newsletter/web/summer08.php#continuum Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:48:50 CST http://www.raconline.org/newsletter/web/summer08.php#continuum Many nursing homes are putting as much emphasis on quality of life as quality of care. Summarizes the nursing home in a rural Minnesota community. -- Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/newsletter/web/summer08.php#cover Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:46:10 CST http://www.raconline.org/newsletter/web/summer08.php#cover 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, 25 Jul 2008 10:27:09 CST http://www.theceal.org/ Strives to serve the needs of the assisted living community through national advocacy, education, networking, professional development, and quality initiatives. http://www.ahcancal.org/ncal/Pages/default.aspx Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:26:59 CST http://www.ahcancal.org/ncal/Pages/default.aspx Describes regulatory provisions and Medicaid policy for residential care settings in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/2007/07alcom.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:25:55 CST http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/2007/07alcom.htm 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 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:25:26 CST http://www.theceal.org/column.php?ID=16 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 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:25:05 CST http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/il/2007_08_housing.pdf Identifies programs and online services of the Social Security Office. Visitors can qualify and apply online for disability and survivorship benefits. Also, replacement Medicare cards can be requested from this website. -- Social Security Administration http://www.socialsecurity.gov/ Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:17:48 CST http://www.socialsecurity.gov/ Describes the functions and governance of the aging services network for both rural and urban entities and its role in managing long-term care and health-support services funded by Titles III and VII of the Older Americans Act. -- National Health Policy Forum http://www.nhpf.org/library/background-papers/BP_AgingServicesNetwork_04-11-08.pdf Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:49:19 CST http://www.nhpf.org/library/background-papers/BP_AgingServicesNetwork_04-11-08.pdf Grants to provide disaster relief and assistance funds to those State Units on Aging (SUAs) and tribal organizations who are currently receiving a grant under Title VI of the Older Americans Act. -- Administration on Aging http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1404 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:39:25 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1404 Provides access to current aging and disability information regarding services available in your area. Includes organizations and services in all U.S. counties, states, and territories. This is a free and confidential service. -- North Dakota Department of Human Services: Adults and Aging Services https://carechoice.nd.assistguide.net/site/371/find_organizations.aspx Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:53:30 CST https://carechoice.nd.assistguide.net/site/371/find_organizations.aspx