4024.0 Key Issues on Home and Community Based Services

Tuesday, November 1, 2011: 8:30 AM
Oral
Across states, long term support services for persons with disabilities have been shifting from the institutional-based services to community-based services. Papers included in this session provide a critical analysis of the state efforts in this process.
Session Objectives: Explain a current state-level service trend in providing long term support for persons with disabilities.
Moderator:
Stephen Gilson, PhD

8:30 AM
Long-Term Supports and Services (LTSS): Supportive Employment for Adults with Disabilities
Jennifer N. Howard, MPP, MSW, Sarah A. Ruiz, PhD and Oswaldo Urdapilleta, PhD
8:48 AM
Long-Term Support and Services: Health & Wellness Promotion for People with Disabilities through Prevention
Sarah A. Ruiz, PhD, Judith L. Poey, MS and Oswaldo Urdapilleta, PhD
9:06 AM
Institutional and Community-Based Long-Term Care: A Comparative Estimate of Costs
Charlene Harrington, PhD and Terence Ng, MA, JD
     
9:24 AM
Medicaid Long Term Care Home and Community Based Services: Trends in Programs and Policies, 1999-2008
Charlene Harrington, PhD and Terence Ng, MA, JD
     

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Disability
Endorsed by: Aging & Public Health

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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