Three members of Congress have introduced the “HUD Inspection Act of 2021,” which would expand HUD’s response to properties within its subsidized portfolio with low physical inspection scores.
New data released from the Urban Institute show state-level projections for older adult renter growth between 2020 and 2040. As the number of older adult households dramatically expands, homeownership among older adults will decrease, older adult renter households will increase by an astonishing 5.5 million, and a large share of new older adult renter households will be non-white.
Submitted by ddailey on Wed, 05/19/2021 - 13:01
May 19, 2021, Washington, DC—As Congress debates infrastructure support, aging services providers outlined the crisis facing millions of older Americans who need home and community-based care to manage their health and prevent costly hospital stays.
The Biden Administration has proposed spending $400 billion to provide home and community-based care and services for older adults and disabled people.
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Lisa Sanders, lsanders@leadingage.org 202-508-9407
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We represent more than 5,000 nonprofit aging services providers and other mission-minded organizations that touch millions of lives every day. Alongside our members and 38 state partners, we use applied research, advocacy, education, and community-building to make America a better place to grow old. Our membership, which now includes the providers of the Visiting Nurse Associations of America, encompasses the continuum of services for people as they age, including those with disabilities. We bring together the most inventive minds in the field to lead and innovate solutions that support older adults wherever they call home. For more information visit leadingage.org.
On May 5, House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), and Representatives Susan Wild (D-PA) and Susie Lee (D-NV) re-introduced legislation that makes a significant investment in direct care worker career opportunities.
The House Democratic Task Force on Aging and Families (TFAF) convened a May 12, 2021, virtual roundtable on, “A Care Economy for an Aging America” to highlight the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the challenges faced by aging and disabled Americans, their families and caregivers. They also invited three national experts, which included Ruth Katz, Senior Vice President of Public Policy, LeadingAge.
Submitted by blevin on Wed, 05/12/2021 - 13:46
May 12, 2021, Washington, DC—On May 10, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the creation of a $350 billion Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program funded by American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The plan permits state and local governments to distribute relief funding and extend support for sectors hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
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lsanders@leadingage.org 202-508-9407
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About LeadingAge:
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We represent more than 5,000 nonprofit aging services providers and other mission-minded organizations that touch millions of lives every day. Alongside our members and 38 state partners, we use applied research, advocacy, education, and community-building to make America a better place to grow old. Our membership, which now includes the providers of the Visiting Nurse Associations of America, encompasses the continuum of services for people as they age, including those with disabilities. We bring together the most inventive minds in the field to lead and innovate solutions that support older adults wherever they call home. For more information visit leadingage.org.
A bicameral proposal, the Citizenship for Essential Workers Act which would allow undocumented persons working as essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic to be eligible for a path to citizenship, has been introduced. The legislation (S. 747 and H.R. 1909) proposes that these workers receive permanent resident status.
The Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act of 2014 required data collection and development of a Unified Post Acute Care Payment(UPAC) System prototype and that CMS provide a model to Congress for implementation by 2023. However, MedPAC proposed moving up this timeline to 2021. This bill would reset those timelines in recognition that several post-acute provider types recently went through significant transitions to new payment models (e.g. RUGS to PDPM) and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on these providers.
The Senate bill would protect continuity of care for Medicare Advantage beneficiaries during the COVID-19 pandemic by allowing the use of audio-only telehealth for risk adjustment purposes. The House version of the bill also allows audio-only telehealth visits for Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) organizations. LeadingAge prefers the House version of the bill.
The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on April 28, 2021, on “Charting the Path Forward for Telehealth.”
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