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Advisory Council July 2019 Meeting Presentation: LTSS Federal Update

Monday, July 29, 2019

Printer Friendly Version in PDF Format (14 PDF pages)

 

Long-Term Services and Supports Federal Update

 

Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

 

Administration for Community Living

  • June 2019 Alzheimer' Disease Programs Initiative (ADPI) Grants to States and Communities ($6,219,240)
    • Collabria Care (CA)
    • Motion Picture and Television Fund (CA)
    • Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability (TN)
    • Lutheran Community Services of the Northwest (WA)
    • City of Chicago (IL)
    • AltaMed Health Services Corporation (CA)
    • State of California Department on Aging (CA)
  • OPEN FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT: Alzheimer's Disease Programs Initiative - Grants to States and Communities, HHS-2019-ACL-AOA-ADPI-0360

Administration on Aging -- RAISE ACT/Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Act Implementation Update

  • 28 Advisory Council Special Government Employees in processing
  • The logistics contracts awarded
    • Working to secure fully accessible meeting space in federal buildings
  • Council meeting dates announcements forthcoming
  • National Academy For State Health Policy funded by John A. Hartford Foundation to establish a resource and dissemination center to support the work of the RAISE Council.

National Alzheimer's and Dementia Resource Center

  • Recent Webinars
    • ACL Dementia Grantee Developed Products: Virginia's Collaborative Care Coordination Model and Eddy Alzheimer's Services Training on Dementia Care for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (July 24, 2019)
    • Addressing Social Isolation and Loneliness Among People Living With Dementia (June 25, 2019)
    • Caregiving for People with Non-Alzheimer's Dementia (June 4, 2019)
    • Engaging, Training and Implementing Programs that Utilize Volunteers for Dementia Programs (May 21, 2019)
    • The Messages We Send: Stigma Toward Persons Living with Dementia and How to End It (May 7, 2019)

ACL/Alzheimer's Association Webinar Series, National Alzheimer's Call Center (ACL Grantee $1,233,571 annually 2018-2023)

  • Two webinars designed to ensure professionals are knowledgeable about the impact of Alzheimer's disease and brain health on families, and understand critical community resources and supports.
  • Alzheimer's Facts, Figures and Resources: Connecting People to the Help They Need (April 2019)
  • Alzheimer's and Brain Health: What You Should Know And What You Can Do (May 2019)
  • Webinars can be found at: https://nadrc.acl.gov/node/168

COMING SOON! -- National Alzheimer's and Dementia Resource Center

  • New Resources: Look for these materials at https://nadrc.acl.gov/
  • IDD and Dementia Practical Strategies Guide
  • Highlights of ACL Alzheimer's and Dementia Program Grantee Developed Resources
  • Dementia Capable States and Communities: The Basics (2019 update)
  • Grantee Implemented Evidence-Based and Evidence Informed Interventions (2019 update)

National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) -- Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) for Advancing Cognitive Technologies

  • New funding cycle FY19-FY24 competition underway -- Opportunity closed July 19, 2019
  • Current Center in final year of funding. Sample study: Qualitative study of affective identifies in dementia patients for the design of cognitive assistive technologies.

 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Data for Action

  • BRFSS
  • PUBLIC DATA PORTAL ON THE HEALTH OF OLDER ADULTS

Alzheimer's Disease and Healthy Aging Data Portal

Screen shot of Alzheimer's Disease and Healthy Aging Data Portal webpage.
https://www.cdc.gov/aging/agingdata/index.html

Alzheimer's Disease and Healthy Aging Data Portal -- Explore by Indicator

Screen shot of Alzheimer's Disease and Healthy Aging Data Portal, National Overall Health webpage.
https://nccd.cdc.gov/aging_data/rdPage.aspx?rdReport=DPH_HAP.ExploreByTopic&islClass=C01&islYear=20162016

Alzheimer's Disease and Healthy Aging Data Portal -- Explore by Location

Screen shot of Alzheimer's Disease and Healthy Aging Data Portal, National Overall Health, District of Columbia webpage.
https://nccd.cdc.gov/aging_data/rdPage.aspx?rdReport=DPH_HAP.ExploreByLocation&rdRequestForwarding=Form

Data for Action -- Aggregate Infographics, New Spanish Translation

Screen shot of Subjective Cognitive Decline infographics.
SCD Infographics https://www.cdc.gov/aging/data/index.htm
Screen shot of Caregiving infographics.
Caregiving Infographics http://www.cdc.gov/aging/data/infographic/caregiving.html

Data for Action -- Race/Ethnicity SCD Infographics, New Spanish Translation

Screen shot of Race/Ethnicity Subjective Cognitive Decline infographics.
Race/Ethnicity SCD Infographics https://www.cdc.gov/aging/data/index.htm
Screen shot of Race/Ethnicity Caregiving infographics.
Race/Ethnicity Caregiving Infographics https://www.cdc.gov/aging/data/index.htm

Data for Action -- New Data Briefs

Screen shot of data briefs.
New Data Briefs https://www.cdc.gov/aging/agingdata/data-portal/state-aging-health.html

NEW -- PODCAST SERIES

Recent CDC Web Feature & DYK

Screen shot of The Truth About Aging and Dementia. Screen shot of Did You Know.
https://www.cdc.gov/aging/publications/features/dementia-not-normal-aging.html https://www.cdc.gov/publichealthgateway/didyouknow/

Recent CDC Web Feature & DYK

Screen shot of CDC website page on Minorities and Women Are at Greater Risk for Alzheimer's Disease. Screen shot of CDC Did You Know newsletter.
https://www.cdc.gov/aging/publications/features/Alz-Greater-Risk.html To subscribe https://www.cdc.gov/publichealthgateway/didyouknow/

Stay Connected to CDC

Screen shots from Healthy Brain Initiative website.
Newsletter Subscription Select "Healthy Aging" https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USCDC/subscriber/new?topic_id=USCDC_944
CDC Alzheimer's Diease and Healthy Aging website https://www.cdc.gov/aging/index.html

Data for Action -- 2017 State Infographics

Screen shot of Subjective Cognitive Decline. Screen shot of Caregiving.
https://www.cdc.gov/aging/data/index.htm http://www.cdc.gov/aging/data/infographic/caregiving.html

Data for Action -- New Race/Ethnicity SCD Infographics

Screen shots of New Race/Ethnicity SCD Infographics.
https://www.cdc.gov/aging/data/index.htm

THANK YOU!