Aging & Disability
Aging and disability programs provide a wide range of health and social services and supports needed by people who are limited in their capacity for self-care due to physical, cognitive, or mental disabilities. Programs aim to help older people and individuals with disabilities live independently for as long as possible, with access to quality health care and long-term services and supports to manage their conditions.
Most of the supportive care received by people with disabilities is provided by informally by family and friends, who often give care without compensation. A wide range of formal care providers supplement that care in institutional, residential, and home and community-based settings. The Medicaid program pays for more than 60 percent of all national spending for long-term services and supports. In addition, the Older Americans Act, through the aging services network, provides a range of services to help older people remain independent in home environments.
The Forum’s work on aging and disability focuses on delivery and financing of long-term services and supports, as well as chronic care management, for the vulnerable elderly and people with disabilities.
Search Results for Aging & Disability
Forum Session
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January 27, 2012
Improving Care for Dual Eligible Medicare-Medicaid Beneficiaries: One Size Does Not Fit All
Background Paper
No. 83
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December 13, 2011
The Aging Services Network: Serving a Vulnerable and Growing Elderly Population in Tough Economic Times
Forum Session
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December 2, 2011
Mission Possible? Saving on Health Care Costs by Reducing Unnecessary Services
Forum Session
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October 28, 2011
Preventing Hospital Readmissions: How Can Care Transitions for Medicare Beneficiaries Be Improved?
Special Briefing
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October 21, 2011
Revisiting Financing and Delivery of Care to Duals: One Size May Not Fit All
Background Paper
No. 82
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September 14, 2011
Aligning Graduate Medical Education with Public Policy
Forum Session
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July 22, 2011
Medical Care for the Elderly Living at Home: Home-Based Primary Care (HBPC) and Hospital-at-Home Programs
The Basics
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June 10, 2011
Older Americans Act of 1965: Programs and Funding
Site Visit
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May 31–June 2, 2011
Rocky Mountain Highs and Lows: Efforts to Improve Health and Reduce Costs in Denver
Forum Session
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May 13, 2011
Boomers and the Budget: Implications of an Aging Society
Forum Session
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May 6, 2011
Managed Care for Medicaid Beneficiaries with Disabilities: How Does It Work?
Forum Session
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April 15, 2011
Private Long-Term Care Insurance: Where Is the Market Heading?
Fundamentals Briefing
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April 1, 2011
Health Policy Essentials: The Fundamentals of Long-Term Services and Supports
Forum Session
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March 18, 2011
Caring for Patients with Advanced and Serious Illnesses: Changing Medical Practice and Patient Expectations
The Basics
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March 15, 2011
National Spending for Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS)
Briefing Book
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February 11, 2011
Health Policy Essentials
The Basics
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November 30, 2010
The Elder Justice Act: Addressing Elder Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation
Background Paper
No. 81
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November 19, 2010
Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRCs): Federal and State Efforts to Guide Consumers Through the Long-Term Services and Supports Maze
Forum Session
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October 29, 2010
Focus on Reform: Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Provisions in PPACA
Forum Session
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July 23, 2010
Medicare and Medicaid Dual Eligibles: Meeting Diverse, Complex, and Costly Needs
Forum Session
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June 18, 2010
Focus on Reform: Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) and the CLASS Act
The Basics
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June 9, 2010
The Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act: Major Legislative Provisions
Forum Session
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April 16, 2010
Transforming Health Care Delivery: Insights from the New Orleans Safety Net
The Basics
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March 29, 2010
The State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)
Forum Session
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March 25, 2010
Ensuring Nursing Home Quality: Continuing Challenges to Oversight and Enforcement of Nursing Home Reform
Background Paper
No. 71
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December 2, 2009
The Role of Ombudsmen in Assuring Quality for Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities: Straining to Make Ends Meet
Forum Session
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October 23, 2009
Linking Housing and Supportive Services for the Frail Elderly: Challenges and Opportunities
Forum Session
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October 2, 2009
Lessons in Patient Engagement: Motivating Patients to Manage Their Chronic Conditions and Health Care Utilization
Forum Session
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May 29, 2009
High Rehospitalization Rates: Causes, Costs, and Accountability
Site Visit
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May 26–28, 2009
Resilience and Renaissance: Efforts to Rebuild a Healthier New Orleans
Site Visit
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April 17 & August 7, 2009
Coordinating Care for People with Multiple Chronic Conditions: The Guided Care Model and Other Innovative Approaches
Forum Session
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April 3, 2009
Promising Models of Care Coordination for Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions: Getting Closer to the Holy Grail?
Forum Session
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March 27, 2009
Coordinating Care for Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions: Searching for the Holy Grail
Forum Session
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November 7, 2008
Long-Term Services and Supports: Consumers in Charge—Consumer Direction and Money Follows the Person
Site Visit
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August 11–13, 2008
Community-Based Long-Term Care in Milwaukee: Wisconsin Still Ahead
Forum Session
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August 1, 2008
Medicare's Hospice Benefit: In the Spotlight
The Basics
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July 30, 2008
Medicare Demonstrations
The Basics
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July 30, 2008
Medicaid and SCHIP Waivers
Background Paper
No. 64
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July 22, 2008
Shaping Medicaid and SCHIP through Waivers: The Fundamentals
Background Paper
No. 63
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July 22, 2008
The Fundamentals of Medicare Demonstrations
Forum Session
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May 9, 2008
Policies for an Aging America: Looking Beyond the Averages
Forum Session
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April 25, 2008
State Long-Term Care Strategies: Approaches to Managing Care and Controlling Costs
Background Paper
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April 11, 2008
The Aging Services Network: Accomplishments and Challenges in Serving a Growing Elderly Population
Forum Session
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January 17, 2008
Running Up the Health Care Tab: Will We Have Buyer's Remorse?
Site Visit
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September 30–October 1, 2007
Children's Behavioral Health Services in Baltimore: Walking the Continuum
Forum Session
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September 21, 2007
Informal Care of the Frail Elderly: Policy and Practices to Support Family Caregivers
Site Visit
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August 8–10, 2007
Community-Based Long-Term Care: Wisconsin Stays Ahead
Issue Brief
No. 822
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May 30, 2007
Trading Places: Real Choice Systems Change Grants and the Movement to Community-Based Long-Term Care Supports
Site Visit
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March 2, 2007
Fairfax County's Commitment: A Housing and Health Continuum for Seniors
Background Paper
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March 3, 2006
Rebalancing Long-Term Care: The Role of the Medicaid HCBS Waiver Program
Forum Session
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February 24, 2006
Financing Health Care in Retirement: A Day Late and a Dollar Short?
Background Paper
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February 8, 2006
Health Benefits in Retirement: Set for Extinction?
Forum Session
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July 22, 2005
Understanding the Role of Medicaid in Assisting People with
Disabilities
Forum Session
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October 22, 2004
Financing Long-Term Care: Will Insurance Make the Difference?
Background Paper
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July 31, 2004
The Promise and the Reality of Long-Term Care Insurance
Issue Brief
No. 797
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May 10, 2004
Medicare's Chronic Care Improvement Pilot Program: What Is Its Potential?
The Basics
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April 26, 2004
State Pharmacy Assistance Programs
Issue Brief
No. 796
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April 1, 2004
Veterans' Health Care: Balancing Resources and Responsibilities
Forum Session
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November 25, 2003
Expanding Community-Based Care: Is the Olmstead Decision Making a Difference?
Background Paper
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November 14, 2003
Bridging Silos, Part I: Linkages among the DI, SSI, Medicare, and Medicaid Programs
Background Paper
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November 14, 2003
Bridging Silos, Part II: DI, SSI, Medicare, and Medicaid Issues and Initiatives
Forum Session
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October 22, 2003
Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Two for One or Double Jeopardy?
Issue Brief
No. 794
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September 30, 2003
Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Two for One or Double Jeopardy?
Forum Session
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June 6, 2003
Depression in Primary Care: Making Good Care Good Business
Forum Session
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March 26, 2003
Medicare and Chronic Conditions: Breaking Down Barriers to Better Care
Background Paper
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March 12, 2003
Is Community Care a Civil Right? The Unfolding Saga of the Olmstead Decision
Site Visit
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November 12–14, 2002
The Medicare and Medicaid Intersection: Caring for Arizona's Seniors
Issue Brief
No. 784
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November 12, 2002
Prescription Drugs in Nursing Homes: Managing Costs and Quality in a Complex Environment
Forum Session
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September 10, 2002
Too Few? Too Many? The Right Kind? Physician Supply in an Aging and Multicultural Society
Forum Session
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July 18, 2002
Managing Advanced Illness: A Quality and Cost Challenge to Medicare, Medicaid, and Private Insurers
Small-Group Session
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July 10, 2002
Modernizing Medicare: The Homebound Rule and Next Steps
Issue Brief
No. 779
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June 20, 2002
Managing Advanced Illness: A Quality and Cost Challenge to Medicare, Medicaid, and Private Insurers
Forum Session
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April 12, 2002
Consumer Direction in Long-Term Care: Implications for Caregivers
Site Visit
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March 4–5, 2002
Transitions along the Continuum of Care: Elderly and Disabled Persons in New York
Background Paper
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January 23, 2002
Who Will Be There to Care? The Growing Gap between Caregiver Supply and Demand
Issue Brief
No. 762
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April 25, 2001
State-Based Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs: Temporary Fix or Lessons for Medicare?
Forum Session
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April 25, 2001
State-Based Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs: Temporary Fix or Lessons for Medicare?
Small-Group Session
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March 28, 2001
Health Coverage Transitions for Young Adults with Disabilities
Site Visit
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November 13–15, 2000
Caring for the Elderly: Oregon's Pioneers (Portland, Oregon)
Site Visit
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January 11–14, 2000
Site Visit to Arizona — Managed Medicaid: Arizona's AHCCCS Experience
Issue Brief
No. 743
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July 7, 1999
Implementing the BBA: The Challenge of Moving Medicare Post-Acute Services to PPS
Forum Session
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July 7, 1999
Implementing the BBA: The Challenge of Moving Medicare Post-Acute Services to PPS
Issue Brief
No. 733
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March 24, 1999
Examining the Links between Retirement and Health Insurance: Implications for Medicare Eligibility
Forum Session
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March 24, 1999
Examining the Links between Retirement and Health Insurance: Implications for Medicare Eligibility
Issue Brief
No. 729
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January 25, 1999
Filling the Geriatric Gap: Is the Health System Prepared for an Aging Population?
Forum Session
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January 25, 1999
Filling the Geriatric Gap: Is the Health System Prepared for an Aging Population?
Forum Session
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July 24, 1998
Communicating to Beneficiaries about Medicare+Choice: Opportunities and Pitfalls
Issue Brief
No. 716
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March 25, 1998
Restructuring the VA Health Care System: Safety Net, Training, and Other Considerations
Forum Session
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March 25, 1998
Restructuring the VA Health Care System: Safety Net, Training, and Other Considerations
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