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This report was prepared under contract #HHS-100-02-0014 between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy (DALTCP) and LifePlans, Inc.
A project was funded by ASPE to: (a) gather descriptive information on HCBS waivers, both comprehensive and supports, operated for people with I&DD in 17 states with the supports waivers; (b) determine how supports waivers have emerged as separate and distinct HCBS waivers; (c) better understand the range of participant characteristics and experiences that distinguish supports waivers from
This issue brief provides background information on issues that could be raised at the Workshop on Improving Survey Measures of Late-Life Disability (May 17, 2005). The authors include a brief review of disability measurement issues, and offer a framework for thinking about disability measurement that will shaped the workshop panels and presentations. [62 PDF pages]