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Home Care

This section covers advocacy and regulatory issues relating to private duty home care, homemaker services, companions and personal care aides, Medicaid personal care services and in-home services reimbursed through the Older Americans Act funding and Veterans Administration. 

LeadingAge provides updates on funding and regulations that impact home care, research reports released about home care, and resources and information to assist nonprofit home care providers to operate quality services and remain financially viable in a competitive market.

  1. Medical Marijuana: What You Need to Know

    In answer to questions frequently raised by our members, LeadingAge has developed guidance to help senior living providers explore the issues surrounding the expanding area of medical marijuana: ...

  2. Support for Geriatric Workforce Improvement Act

    The legislation would address the widening gap between the number of health care providers educated and trained to meet the special needs of people as they age and the rapidly growing population of people aged 65 and over. The bill would reauthorize the Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) for another five ...

  3. CMS Proposes 2020 MA Plan Rates and New Supplemental Benefits

    LeadingAge is reading through the details of the Advance Notice and Draft Call Letter now and will provide a more detailed summary in the coming days.  For now, here are a few highlights of what we know so far: Plans will not be getting as big of a rate increase in 2020. Capitated payments to MA plans will ...

  4. Long-Term Services and Supports Costly Now, More So in Future

    Writing of The Financial Hardship Faced by Older Americans Needing Long-Term Services and Supports, authors Amber Willink, Karen Davis, John Mulcahy, Jennifer L. Wolff, and Judith Kasper found that ...

  5. Aging Services: Non-Housing Programs Suffer from Partial Shutdown

    Federal nutrition programs are among the government services affected by the shutdown. Congregate and home-delivered meals provided under the Older Americans Act received their appropriation on a timely basis and are fully funded. However, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly ...