Traditionally, payers, policymakers, and consumers have looked to the health care system to improve health outcomes. More recently, however, attention has shifted toward a broader approach that includes cross-sector collaboration to address the social, economic, and environmental factors impacting individual…
Supporting Health Care and Community-Based Organization Partnerships to Address Social Determinants of Health
Increasingly, health systems, providers, and payers recognize the significant influence that social factors such as housing, food insecurity, employment status, and transportation have on well-being and health care spending. These social determinants of health (SDOH), in addition to health behaviors,…
Step 2: Plan- Use Business Intelligence to Build Your Strategic Plan
In “Step 1: Prepare,” of the Disability Network Business Strategies Roadmap, the HCBS Business Acumen Center guided community-based organizations (CBO) through the environmental scan and strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis process. After taking a look at their external…
Building Community-Integrated Networks through Purposeful Partnerships
Community-based organizations are increasingly banding together to develop collaborative community-integrated networks to support older adults’ ability to live independently in their communities and develop health care contracts to improve service delivery. This webinar will focus on the building blocks of…
Intergenerational Connections Help Build Healthy and Prosperous Communities
When older adults are actively involved and engaged in their community while participating in intergenerational programs, it benefits both older adults and the teens or children with whom they interact. In this webinar, you will hear from public health and…
Toolkit: Healthcare Policy and Practice Opportunities for Senior Nutrition Programs Part 2 – Launching an In-Home Medical Nutrition Therapy Program
Nutrition services provided by community-based organizations have been shown to positively impact the physical, mental and social well-being of older adults and adults with disabilities. Increasingly, such services are being recognized as a key component of holistic client-centered care. For…
Healthcare Policy and Practice Opportunities for Senior Nutrition Programs – Part 1
Nutrition services provided by community-based organizations have been shown to positively impact the physical, mental and social well-being of older adults and adults with disabilities. Increasingly, such services are being recognized as a key component of holistic client-centered care. For…
Advanced Illness Innovation in the Aging Network
Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) and other community-based organizations are expert in the kinds of non-medical social supports that individuals with advanced illness and their families need and want. In an effort to bolster the capacity of the Aging Network…
Toolkit: Nutrition Education in Congregate and Home-Delivered Meal Program Settings Part 1 – What Do We Know?
It is expected that by 2030, nearly 21% of the U.S. population will consist of adults aged 65 years and older. Adequate nutrition is essential to health, longevity and quality of life, especially for seniors. Congregate and home-delivered meal programs…
Fiscal Year 2018 ACL/AoA Congressional Justification
In a letter, Acting Administrator and Acting Assistant Secretary for Aging Dan Berger Stated the following: “I am pleased to present the Administration for Community Living’s (ACL) FY 2018 President’s Budget request, totaling $1.9 billion. While maintaining funding levels for the…
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