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Topic Summary: Serving Adults with Disabilities on the Autism Spectrum
Significant health care disparities can exist between autistic adults and adults without autism. This summary describes barriers in access to care among this population and a variety of tools that providers can employ to help improve health care for autistic
[...]Published Date: July 9, 2019 -
RIC Event: Promising Practices for Supporting Dually Eligible Older Adults with Complex Pain Needs
Supporting documents such as webinar slides, transcript, and additional resources are available to download by scrolling to the attachments section below. Podcast: This webinar is also available as podcasts on SoundCloud and iTunes. Description: Chronic pain is one of the most common conditions
[...]Published Date: June 27, 2019 -
RIC Event: After the Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease: Preparing the Patient and Caregivers (2016)
https://youtu.be/gL0iS6aUInY?si=ZgbBn9taum9e4g-j Podcast: This webinar is also available as a podcast on SoundCloud and iTunes. Description: This webinar presents core competencies in delivering primary care to individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) or related dementias. The clinical presentation of AD and the rate of
[...]Published Date: June 24, 2019 -
Integrated Care in Action Podcast: Strategies for Effective Peer Supervision
The first episode in our podcast series explores how The Council of Southeast Pennsylvania, Inc. (The Council) restructured their peer supervision program by centering their supervision model on strength-based principles to better address the needs of their peer staff and
[...]Published Date: June 24, 2019 -
Supporting Diverse Family Caregivers: Spotlight on Volunteers of America Minnesota-Wisconsin
Click Here to Access the Spotlight on Volunteers of America Minnesota-Wisconsin Nearly one in four older adults dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid has Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia,1 and dually eligible older adults have higher rates of chronic conditions than
[...]Published Date: June 21, 2019 -
Primary Care Co-Visit: Care Coordinators Tip Sheet
This document provides tips for health plans, health systems, and provider groups in preparing care coordinators for their expanded role working with participants and PCPs. Click here to access the tip sheet
[...]Published Date: June 21, 2019 -
Topic Summary: Building Partnerships: Health Plans and Community-Based Organizations
This summary provides an overview of building partnerships between providers, health plans, health systems, and community-based organizations, to meet the varied health and social needs of individuals with disability. Steps to assess and establish partnerships are also described. Click here
[...]Published Date: June 14, 2019 -
Tips for Meeting the Needs of Dually Eligible Older Adults with Schizophrenia
Older adults who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid have higher rates of schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders than older adults with Medicare only.1 In addition, older adults with schizophrenia are more likely to have co-occurring chronic physical health
[...]Published Date: June 14, 2019 -
Supporting Diverse Family Caregivers: Spotlight on AgeOptions
Click Here to Access the Tip Sheet Over 34 million family caregivers in the United States provide physical, emotional, and financial support for an adult age 50 or older.1 Caregiving is a physically and emotionally demanding role, which can take
[...]Published Date: June 12, 2019 -
Topic Summary: Interdisciplinary Team Building, Management, and Communication
This summary provides an overview of utilizing interdisciplinary teams (IDT) to improve the delivery and quality of care for the dually eligible population with disability. Strategies to improve the management and communication within IDTs are also described. Click here
[...]Published Date: June 4, 2019