LeadingAge unveils blueprint to restructure senior care economy
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 02, 2021
Long-term care advocacy organization LeadingAge laid out a comprehensive Blueprint for a Better Aging Infrastructure Thursday, one day after President Biden announced his $400 billion dollar plan to support...
Peer-to-Peer: How ConcertoCare has tapped technology, analytics and PACE to upend home healthcare
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 17, 2021
In January, ConcertoCare a tech-enabled, risk-based home healthcare provider, named Julian Harris, M.D., to lead the company into a post-COVID-19 landscape.
Per-capita Medicaid cap could reduce dual-eligible spending by $44 billion over 10 years
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 20, 2017
A per-capita cap on federal Medicaid funding growth based on medical inflation could reduce spending on dual-eligible beneficiaries by $44 billion over the next 10 years, according to new research.
Collaboration needed if assisted living is to continue serving dually eligible older adults: study
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 01, 2021
As states continue to work to rebalance long-term services and supports spending away from nursing home care, assisted living is gaining as an option for Medicare-Medicaid dually eligible older adults...
LeadingAge to release Pathways findings Nov. 17
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 26, 2015
Economic modeling will reveal which of seven options could help address financing long-term services and supports in the United States.
Personal care aides should be part of care team: study
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 13, 2019
Personal care aides should be included in the team-based programs through which home- and community-based services and care increasingly are delivered in assisted living communities and homes, but several...
The senior living agenda for 2016
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 04, 2016
Relatively new leaders at three associations representing senior living providers will be facing established and evolving issues in 2016, they tell McKnight’s Senior Living in exclusive interviews.
For 2021, home care looks for expanded Medicaid and Medicare coverage, solutions to staffing shortage
By
Liza Berger
Feb 03, 2021
As the pandemic has shined a light on the capabilities of home care and home health, associations are looking for the Biden administration to expand Medicaid and Medicare coverage in the space this year.
As wheelchair-bound therapist, I understand value of PACE for seniors, family caregivers
By
Alyssa Armstrong
Sep 21, 2021
I have dedicated my career to giving people their independence back.
Report: How to get more benefits to seniors
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 21, 2016
Stigma and other factors often prevent eligible older adults from applying for public benefits programs that could help them meet their basic housing, medical and food needs, according to a report released...