Monday, July 29, 2019
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Long-Term Services and Supports Federal Update
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
- Analysis of Pathways to Dual Status: Final Report: https://aspe.hhs.gov/basic-report/analysis-pathways-dual-eligible-status-final-report
- Loss of Medicare-Medicaid Dual Eligible Status: Frequency, Contributing Factors, and Implications: https://aspe.hhs.gov/basic-report/loss-medicare-medicaid-dual-eligible-status-frequency-contributing-factors-and-implications
- How Many Older Adults Can Afford To Purchase Home Care? Research Brief: https://aspe.hhs.gov/basic-report/how-many-older-adults-can-afford-purchase-home-care
- What Is the Lifetime Risk of Needing and Receiving Long-Term Services and Supports? Research Brief: https://aspe.hhs.gov/basic-report/what-lifetime-risk-needing-and-receiving-long-term-services-and-supports
- Assessing the Out-of-Pocket Affordability of Long-Term Services and Supports Research Brief: https://aspe.hhs.gov/basic-report/assessing-out-pocket-affordability-long-term-services-and-supports-research-brief
- Support And Services at Home (SASH) Evaluation Findings, 2010-2016: https://aspe.hhs.gov/basic-report/support-and-services-home-sash-evaluation-sash-evaluation-findings-2010-2016
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
- Applications due August 13, 2019
- https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=316879
- Estimated Total Funding: $10,711,378
- Expected Number of Awards: 13
- Award Ceiling: $1,000,000 Per Project Period
- Award Floor: $400,000 Per Project Period
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
- https://nadrc.acl.gov/
- UPCOMING WEBINAR -- Financial Capacity for People Living with Dementia and their Caregivers, Tuesday, August 6, 2019, (2:00-3:00 p.m. ET)
- Registration Link: https://www.asaging.org/web-seminars/financial-capacity-people-living-dementia-and-their-caregivers
- Presenters:
- Cindy Hounsell - Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement (WISER)
- Laurel Beedon, Ph.D.
- UPCOMING WEBINAR -- Strategies for Sustaining ACL Dementia Grant Projects and Lessons Learned Over Time, Tuesday, September 17, 2019, (1:00-2:00 p.m. ET)
- Registration Link: https://www.asaging.org/web-seminars/strategies-sustaining-acl-dementia-grant-projects-and-lessons-learned-over-time
- Presenters:
- Alex Morris - Alzheimer's Association's Northern California and Northern Nevada Chapter
- Katie Scott, BakerRipley, Houston, TX
- 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.
- The goal of the study is to develop an emotionally intelligent cognitive assistant (ICA) to help older adults with Alzheimer's disease (AD) to complete activities of daily living more independently
- https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2055668316685038
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
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| https://www.cdc.gov/aging/agingdata/index.html |
Alzheimer's Disease and Healthy Aging Data Portal -- Explore by Indicator
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| 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
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| https://nccd.cdc.gov/aging_data/rdPage.aspx?rdReport=DPH_HAP.ExploreByLocation&rdRequestForwarding=Form |
Data for Action -- Aggregate Infographics, New Spanish Translation
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| SCD Infographics https://www.cdc.gov/aging/data/index.htm |
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| Caregiving Infographics http://www.cdc.gov/aging/data/infographic/caregiving.html |
Data for Action -- Race/Ethnicity SCD Infographics, New Spanish Translation
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| Race/Ethnicity SCD Infographics https://www.cdc.gov/aging/data/index.htm |
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| Race/Ethnicity Caregiving Infographics https://www.cdc.gov/aging/data/index.htm |
Data for Action -- New Data Briefs
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| New Data Briefs https://www.cdc.gov/aging/agingdata/data-portal/state-aging-health.html |
NEW -- PODCAST SERIES
- Memory Loss is Not a Normal Part of Aging https://tools.cdc.gov/medialibrary/index.aspx#/media/id/397843
- Alzheimer's Disease Deaths https://tools.cdc.gov/medialibrary/index.aspx#/media/id/399042
Recent CDC Web Feature & DYK
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| https://www.cdc.gov/aging/publications/features/dementia-not-normal-aging.html | https://www.cdc.gov/publichealthgateway/didyouknow/ |
Recent CDC Web Feature & DYK
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| https://www.cdc.gov/aging/publications/features/Alz-Greater-Risk.html | To subscribe https://www.cdc.gov/publichealthgateway/didyouknow/ |
Stay Connected to CDC
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| 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
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| 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
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| https://www.cdc.gov/aging/data/index.htm |