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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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Kansas: Community Tool Box Community Assessment - Section 1: Creating and Maintaining Coalitions and Partnerships
Description: This toolkit provides guidance for creating a partnership among different organizations to address a common goal. Click here to access the resource: https://ctb.ku.…
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Assets: Senior Centers Connect
Description: This toolkit is a compilation of programs, webinars and resources that have been shared by aging service professionals for senior centers to use.…
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ADvancing States: San Francisco Wellness Check Script: Seniors and People with Disabilities
Description: Script for DDAS and CBO staff to use for checking in with older adults and people with disabilities. Click here to access the resource: http://www.advancingstates.…
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SCDD: Plain Language Explanation of COVID-19
Description: Plain language explanation of COVID-19 by and for people with disabilities. Click here to access the resource:…
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New Mexico: Tribal Response Plan
Description: This document provides state tribal leaders with some additional options in their planning and response to COVID. The plan provides strategies on quarantine,…
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National Core Indicators®: COVID-19 Bulletin with Infographic: Indicators of isolation and loneliness among people with IDD
Description: To aid the intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) community in this unprecedented time, we are sharing some National Core Indicators (NCI) data from the 2018-19 In-Person…
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Wisconsin: COVID-19: Protecting yourself during a home visit
Description: This fact sheet is designed for patients who receive in-home visits from a care provider. It provides guidance and recommendations on how to protect themselves, their family members,…
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CHCS: Supporting Family Caregivers in the Time of COVID-19: State Strategies
Description: This article outlined challenges facing family caregivers in the COVID-19 environment and new opportunities for states to come to their aid.…
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Focus on Aging: Federal Partners' Webinar Series/Supporting Older Adults in Emergencies
Description: The Focus on Aging webinar series addresses important topics for public health and health care professionals, aging services organizations, the research community,…
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(UPDATED) NCAPPS: Health Care Person-Centered Profile
Description: The National Center on Advancing Person-Centered Practices and Systems (NCAPPS) subject matter experts have created a tool – the Health Care Person-Centered Profile – to communicate a…
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NCI: Understanding the emergency preparedness, crisis & respite services for children & adults w/ I/DD and their families during COVID-19
Description: This bulletin examines NCI data on family emergency preparedness and access to crisis and respite services. Although these data were collected prior to the pandemic,…
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ADvancing States: Older Americans Act COVID-19 Guidance: Comprehensive Guidance Reference
Description: The Administration for Community Living compiled all of the OAA COVID-19 guidance into one, comprehensive guide. This reference guide includes information on disaster declarations,…
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New Jersey: Monmouth County Department of Human Services: COVID-19 Pandemic Resource Guide
Description: This guide was developed to assist Monmouth County residents obtain information about resources during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Click here to access the resource: https://www.mcvsd.…
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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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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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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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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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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: 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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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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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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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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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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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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