Proud of the new 2023 LTSS State Scorecard which measures states’ #LTC systems using 5 components: Affordability and Access; Choice of Setting and Provider; Safety & Quality; Support for Family #Caregivers; Community Integration. #LTSSscorecard https://t.co/eK3262sT0s
A few months in the making... & now finally ready: The Anti-Colonial Research Library hosts 400+ open-access articles and books, websites, YouTube videos on practical examples of Indigenous and anti-colonial research methodologies. Use and share widely! https://t.co/vepMw82q0a
Variation in language services to those w/ #LimitedEnglishProficiency@commonwealthfnd:
"Standardizing language access requirements at the federal level, while providing additional guidance and resources to increase efficiency in SBM operations..."
Read: https://t.co/tRcJxgylui
🚨Recap: A VERY disappointing outcome. The @NIMHD committee admitted to NOT include anyone with a disclosed disability, yet made a significant decision on behalf of our community - they did not recommend the 'health disparity designation' be given to people with disabilities.
Interested in learning about how to integrate implementation science and practice into your aging research embedded within a health system? Join us October 4-6 in Charlotte, NC! @johnahartford@HAPFellows@WestHealth
Register here: https://t.co/amEIa6tx7Y
Join our upcoming webinar to learn how to evaluate home and community-based care programs to ensure that they do not perpetuate inequities resulting from systemic racism, ageism, ableism, classism, sexism, xenophobia, and homophobia.
Register: https://t.co/NsxYUlxBmF
Fourth in a series supported by @CHCFNews is our latest equity analysis on California’s In-home Supportive Services (IHSS) Program. We examine what aspects of the program either give rise to or can be used to address inequities. https://t.co/uvBz4R94Dx
This week has been among the most horrifying in recent American legal history.
Some of us can feel swallowed up by that horror. Incapacitated by it. And I think that, for a little while, it’s okay.
If this sounds like you, here’s a bit from #CripNegativity that might be useful.
"What if I told you that in my Indigenous community, Diné (Navajo) ancestral teachings of disability are a relational concept that embodies a sophisticated value system of care? "
- Sandra Yellowhorse (IG @/the_yellow_sea_horse)
https://t.co/pIZ4yRQf1f
Congratulations to Dr. @AkreEllesse on receiving a Best of ARM award for her work to create measures that capture how well primary care practices adopt processes that improve care for LGBTQ+, POC, and immigrant patients. 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Canadian researchers, Drs. Tarzi, Mendoza @yonalunsky & @laurarstjohn surveyed families of people w intellectual & developmental #disabilities about their concerns for their family members in late 2020 & again in mid '22. Three consistent themes emerged. https://t.co/Pa5qukPUrp