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Integration of Health and Social Care

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LeadingAge: Pandemic Playbook

Description: For all Americans—especially those who care about older adults—2020 will be remembered as a year of anxiety, stress, fear, and grief. The worst pandemic in a century brought isolation,…
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Caregiver Supports

Governance & Leadership

Streamlined Access/Eligibility

Social Engagement (includ. isolation or connectedness)

Public Outreach & Coordination w/ Key Referral Sources

Telehealth

Workforce Reallocation

Strategic Planning

FAQs/Tipsheets
HHS: Protect Public Data Hub

Description: This site provides information on the current state of the American health care system. HHS recognizes the importance of providing high-quality, accessible,…
- updated 3 yrs ago
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Governance & Leadership

E-screens & Assessments

Assistive Technology
HHS: Therapeutics Distribution Map

Description: The national map below displays those locations that have received shipments of monoclonal antibody therapeutics under the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Emergency Use Authorization…
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Streamlined Access/Eligibility

E-screens & Assessments
ACL: How ACL’s Disability and Aging Networks Can Help People with Long COVID

Description: Finding the resources and supports you need can be overwhelming, but the Administration for Community Living’s programs, and the disability and aging networks that provide them,…
- 3 yrs ago
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Streamlined Access/Eligibility

Supporting Unique Pop.
ACL: Five Practical Ways ADRC/NWD Systems Can Reach Out to Nursing Facilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Description: This document provides five ways ADRC/NWD Systems can reach out to and engage with nursing facilities in response to the situations the facilities are facing and how ADRCs can respond…
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Care Transitions

Assistive Technology

Public Outreach & Coordination w/ Key Referral Sources

Vaccine Access

FAQs/Tipsheets
NCQA: Taskforce on Telehealth Policy Findings and Recommendations Sept 2020

Description: The Taskforce on Telehealth Policy (TTP) was formed to assess the changes occasioned by the pandemic and find agreement on recommendations that would maximize the availability of safe,…
- updated 3 yrs ago
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Telehealth

FAQs/Tipsheets
T and F: Self-Direction of Home and Community-Based Services in the Time of COVID-19

Description: This commentary presents information on how states have responded using the new CMS Toolkit by expanding who can be a paid caregiver, increasing budgets and broadening the kinds of…
- updated 3 yrs ago
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Caregiver Supports

Governance & Leadership

Care Transitions

Changes in OAA Services

COVID-19 Response Plans
SIREN: Social Need Screening Tools Comparison Table

Description: The SIREN team has compiled the content of several of the most widely used social health screening tools so that they can be easily compared.…
- updated 3 yrs ago
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SDoH

E-screens & Assessments
MAC: H2H Screening Assessment

Description: This checklist serves as an assessment tool for providers to screen a patient's social determinants of health needs. Keywords: assessment tool; intake; tracking
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SDoH

E-screens & Assessments
AHS: Health-Related Social Needs (HRSN) Screening Tool

Description: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) made the Accountable Health Communities (AHC) Health-Related Social Needs (HRSN)…
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SDoH

Medicaid Claiming

E-screens & Assessments
CAPC: Telehealth and Palliative Care Toolkit

Description: Palliative care through telehealth—interacting with patients and families via telephone and video—offers many benefits to palliative care programs, patients, and clinicians.…
- updated 3 yrs ago
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Care Transitions

Telehealth

Accessibility
KFF: Options to Support Medicaid Providers in Response to COVID-19

Description: This brief provides an overview of how states currently reimburse providers and the challenges for Medicaid providers that have emerged from the pandemic and state budget issues.…
- updated 3 yrs ago
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Governance & Leadership

Streamlined Access/Eligibility

Medicaid Claiming

COVID-19 Response Plans
Commonwealth Fund: Using Telehealth to Meet Mental Health Needs During the COVID-19 Crisis

Description: This article discusses how telehealth can be used to address mental health needs during the COVID-19 pandemic and includes best practices and guidelines.…
- updated 3 yrs ago
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Behavioral/Mental Health

Telehealth

FAQs/Tipsheets
ACL: Strategic Framework for Action State Opportunities to Integrate Services & Improve Outcomes for Older Adults & People w/ Disabilities

Description: ACL has developed a Strategic Framework for Action to support state efforts in addressing the needs of older adults and people with disabilities through program coordination and…
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SDoH

Governance & Leadership

Workforce Reallocation

Changes in OAA Services

Public Outreach & Coordination w/ Key Referral Sources

Strategic Planning
Telehealth Resources Center: National Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers

Description: This consortium works to assist health care professionals and organizations with operating cost-effective telehealth programs for medically underserved communities in their regions.…
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Telehealth

Accessibility
MHA: Anxiety Information & Support

Description: Mental Health America (MHA) pulled together an interactive page that brings you to resources or information based on feelings of anxiety that you may be feeling and includes screening…
- updated 3 yrs ago
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Behavioral/Mental Health

Accessibility

FAQs/Tipsheets
MHA: At-Home Behavioral Health Tests and Screenings

Description: Mental Health America (MHA) pulled together various behavioral health tests for screening yourself for various conditions, issues or disorders at home.…
- updated 3 yrs ago
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Behavioral/Mental Health

E-screens & Assessments
ACL: Changes in HCBS Programs in Response to COVID-19

Description: In response to the COVID-19 emergency, states are receiving federal approval for modifying their Medicaid HCBS waivers in a variety of ways.…
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Governance & Leadership

Streamlined Access/Eligibility

Medicaid Claiming

Changes in OAA Services

Strategic Planning

COVID-19 Response Plans
CMS: Toolkit on State Actions to Mitigate COVID-19 Prevalence in Nursing Homes

Description: The toolkit is comprised of innovative approaches compiled by QIO programs from a variety of front line health care providers, governors’ COVID-19 task forces,…
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SDoH

Staff Training

Telehealth

FAQs/Tipsheets

COVID-19 Response Plans
West Health Foundation: COVID-19 Resource Center

Description: West Health Foundation has put together a collection of resources and policy news and analysis for healthcare and community-based providers, policymakers, advocates,…
- updated 3 yrs ago
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Telehealth

FAQs/Tipsheets

COVID-19 Response Plans
Health Communication Research Library: FOCUS-19

Description: Focus-19 reports on the social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and is powered by 2-1-1 helplines, the top surveillance system for social needs like housing, food, utility bills,…
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SDoH

FAQs/Tipsheets
NCOA: 7 Tips for Managing Your Behavioral Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Description: NCOA shared seven tips to relieve stress and anxiety: 1) Stay informed and take practical steps to protect yourself and your loved ones; 2) Engage in healthy activities;…
- updated 3 yrs ago
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Behavioral/Mental Health

SDoH

FAQs/Tipsheets
MHA: Behavioral Health and COVID-19 - Information and Resources

Description: Mental Health America (MHA) pulled together various tools and resources for social connection, which include online MHA Inspire Community, Lyf App, Warm Lines,…
- updated 3 yrs ago
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- Integration of Health and Social Care
Behavioral/Mental Health

Social Engagement (includ. isolation or connectedness)

FAQs/Tipsheets
Suicide Prevention Hotline: Emotional Wellbeing During the COVID-19 Outbreak

Description: This webpage is regularly updated with new resources and information on coping with emotional distress and anxiety. Coping tips include: limiting media consumption, staying active,…
- updated 3 yrs ago
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Behavioral/Mental Health

SDoH

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