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AARP: The American Rescue Plan & Older Adults: Opportunities and Resources for Local Leaders
Description: This report provides an overview of the Department of Treasury's guidance and highlights the ways local leaders can use the act to address community needs related to transit and…
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Iowa: Assistive Technology for Social Isolation
Description: Iowa used ADRC CARES Act funding to partner with Easterseals Iowa Assistive Technology (AT) Program (state AT program) to address social isolation.…
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Wyoming: Tech2Connect Initiative to Combat Social Isolation
Description: The attached flyer highlights Wyoming’s “Tech2Connect” partnership among the Wyoming Assistive Technology Resources (state AT program); the Wyoming Department of Health;…
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Virginia: Virginia Assistive Technology System (VATs) Guidebooks and Resources
Description: The Virginia Assistive Technology System (VATS) is the name of the state’s Assistive Technology Act program. The goal of VATS is to increase access to and acquisition of assistive…
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Nevada: Nevada Ensures Support Together (NEST) Collaborative
Description: The NEST (Nevada Ensures Support Together) Collaborative is an initiative of the Nevada COVID-19 Aging Network (Nevada CAN), a statewide, inter-organizational collaboration of many…
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ACL: ADRC and Assistive Technology Collaboration Checklist
Description: This checklist provides a road map for No Wrong Door (NWD) Systems to promote collaboration between aging and disability networks of access such as Aging and Disability Resource Centers…
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Manatt: Leveraging Federal and State Authorities to Ensure Access to Long-Term Services and Supports for High-Risk Individuals
Description: In an updated and expanded resource guide, supported by a grant from The SCAN Foundation, Manatt Health provides a tool to help state officials and other stakeholders understand how…
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ACL: State Strategies for Supporting Caregivers
Description: ACL has developed the attached one-pager highlighting some of the innovative strategies states have continued or implemented to support caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic.…
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AARP: Paying Family Caregivers to Provide Care during the Pandemic-and Beyond
Description: Medicaid is the primary funder of long-term services and supports (LTSS) in the United States. It provides those services and supports either through institutional care (i.e.…
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Rosalynn Carter: Caregivers in Crisis- Rosalynn Carter Institute Report Sounds the Alarm on Caregiving in the Time of COVID
Description: Just days before World Mental Health Day on October 10, the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving (RCI) today released “Caregivers in Crisis,…
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ADvancing States: Technology Access During COVID-19: State Aging and Disability Initiatives
Description: This issue brief by ADvancing States explores initiatives that state aging and disabilities agencies are engaging in during the COVID-19 pandemic to facilitate access to technology…
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HCBS: Assistive Technology Partnerships and Resources: COVID and Beyond
Description: This PowerPoint slide deck on assistive technology and COVID-19 was presented by the Assistive Technology Training and Technical Assistance (AT3) Center at the ADvancing States 2020…
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ACL: Commit to Connect Campaign
Description: ACL has created the Commit to Connect campaign – a public-private partnership that is: building a nationwide network of champions to collaborate on solutions and help us reach more…
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ACL: Social Isolation Screening Resources for ADRCs/NWD Systems
Description: This document provides information on some of the tools ADRCs/NWD Systems are using to screen for social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic.…
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ACL: Social Connectedness Template for ADRC/NWD Systems
Description: ADRCs and NWD Systems may use this template on social connectedness to edit with their own state/local information for public dissemination.…
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ACL: Assistive Technology and ADRC/NWD Partnership Handout
Description: This handout provides types and everyday usage examples of assistive technology, links to assistive technology resources, and short descriptions of several state-specific responses to…
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ACL: Social Connectedness Handout
Description: This handout provides definitions for key terms (e.g, social connectedness), recommendations and resources on addressing social connectedness,…
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Resources for Integrated Care: Supporting Family Caregivers Of Older Adults Through Times Of Stress And Isolation: A Panel Discussion
Description: Topics discussed by the panel included strategies for supporting caregivers of older adults with depression; assisting caregivers who live apart from their loved ones,…
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NASMPHD: TA Coalition Webinar- Technology Based Outreach to Increase Access to Care and Support in Times of Crisis
Description: Technology has offered our system the opportunity to reduce the time and barriers we have to get help to individuals as soon as we can. Phone calls have long been linkage and referral…
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Families USA: The Fierce Urgency of Now- Federal and State Policy Recommendations to Address Health Inequities in the Era of COVID-19
Description: The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a harsh light on existing disparities in health and health care in the United States. There is a “fierce urgency of now” for evidence-based policy…
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Virginia: COVID-19: Creative and Promising Social Connectedness Practices - April and May 2020
Description: These two sheets developed for the Virginia NWD System highlight best practices at the local level to address social isolation. Click here to access the resource: https://www.…
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NCI: Strategies to help address social isolation and life disruption among people with IDD during the COVID-19 pandemic
Description: The current federal, state and local advisories to stay at home and social distance to reduce the spread of COVID-19 place particular burdens on people in the IDD service system,…
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ACL: COVID-19 Health Care One Page Profile and Passport
Description: This is an adapted version of the person-centered one page descriptions that are commonly used, designed for use by someone hospitalized for COVID-19.…
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ADvancing States: Addressing Social Isolation for Older Adults During the COVID-19 Crisis
Description: The document combines responses from the states, organizations, and individuals who have reached out to learn about activities and ideas on how to address social isolation for older…
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Maryland: Senior Call Check Program
Description: Call Check participants receive an automated phone call once a day, in an hour they pre-schedule. If they don't pick up the phone after three attempts, the service notifies a relative,…
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