Kathy Greenlee, Administrator, Administration for Community Living and Assistant Secretary for Aging, HHS
The Affordable Care Act is helping seniors and people with disabilities get the supports and services they need to live in their homes and fully participate in their communities, rather than in nursing homes or other institutions.
The new law is providing choices and options to support community living so seniors and people with disabilities don’t have to choose between living in their homes and getting the services and supports they need. Creative solutions are now rolling out in States across the country
As a new report highlights, thanks to the Affordable Care Act, 12 additional States have joined the Money Follows the Person Program to help older Americans and individuals with disabilities transition back to their communities from long-term care institutions. Eight States are participating in the new Balancing Incentives Program, which gives States new incentives to make home and community-based services more accessible to older Americans and people with disabilities. Forty- seven community-based organizations are partnering with hospitals around the country through the new Community-Based Care Transition Program to help Medicare beneficiaries as they leave the hospital so they can successfully transition back to their home or the setting that best suits their needs. And, just last week, California became the first State Community First Choice State, a program which gives States an increase in their federal Medicaid matching rate for providing community-based attendant services and supports as an alternative to nursing home care.
To continue to build on this important work, today, Secretary Sebelius announced $12.5 million in awards to Aging and Disability Resource Centers across the country. These Centers provide expert counselors to help older Americans and people with disabilities and their family members understand the services and supports that are available to them in their communities, and help them sign up and access those critical services and remain independent.
These grants are just a part of our efforts to help people get the services they need and remain independent. You can learn more about our work by reading Affordable Care Act Supports Community Living.
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How can I find out to what extent my state/ community is utilizing these resources?
all i know is its hard to get a raise it has been 3 years and im worried with the cost of living going up
attendantcare/cost compairison/Notice of Action….If the co’s and casemanagers get all the funding after it leaves FSSA’s hands and FSSA has no more control over it.we the attendant care givers get a small wadge of this,and i have not had a raise in 3 years.i have 26 years of exserianse with my daughter,who is g tube fed,and permant in wheelchair,non verbal spastic quad,i administer her meds.I work very hard to keep her well and state cost down,and do not ask for any mor e then she requires.i am 1st her Mother and then her nurse,ot and i do her pt,i do my best to keep her happy and healthy.but if we pay the middle man the money,then they are getting the cost compairison,we that have our loved ones do not.i have been treated unfairly by 2 companies so far.the last 1 paid only 136 to 144 hour pay per month,i was to be paid 160 per month.the new co i work for paid my 1st check,for the 1st month i started with an advanced check,,If i leave this co,i have to pay this back.dont they get enough out of us allready ?and the casemanager i had last played a game of let not tell the info fr modification,and ask me what would i do if i got hurt,i guess then the state would have me?,now i have 2 loans on 1 van.this could have all been made easy for me,but i was not given info and just about went nuts.we need honest casemanager.and they need to work for their cut of this mony to.the reason our states are going broke is because of the missuse of the money.this is so wrong too.please help get my raise.thank you
To the original respondent: you may want to find local resources that can assist with caregiving by looking at the Local Areas on Aging near to you. Good luck.
How is the cost of living affecting my award