Pennsylvania Department of Aging to host a Virtual Community Conversation July 7
The Pennsylvania Department of Aging will host a Virtual Community Conversation from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 7, to discuss its State Plan on Aging for 2020-2024 and invites feedback from the public and community stakeholders throughout Pennsylvania.
Community Educational Meeting Schedule Announced for Community HealthChoices
To learn more about CHC, you are invited to a community meeting to hear about the program and have an opportunity to ask questions.
Aging Research & Issues: February 12-16, 2018
- Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report: Medicaid Assisted Living Services: Improved Federal Oversight of Beneficiary Health and Welfare is Needed.
- ‘‘It was then that I thought ‘What? This is not my Dad’’: The implications of the ‘still the same person’ narrative for children and young people who have a parent with dementia.
Advocacy alert: Tax-cut bill poses major risks to aging programs
Philadelphia Corporation for Aging (PCA), a member of the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a) , joins in n4a advocacy opposing a tax-cut bill that poses major risks to aging programs. A Senate vote is imminent.
Rollout of Community HealthChoices delayed for most of PA
The start of CHC has been delayed for Southeastern Pennsylvania, including Philadelphia, until January 1, 2019.
Aging Research & Issues: September 18-22, 2017
- Resilience in context: the special case of advanced age. Karen J. Hayman, Ngaire Kerse & Nathan S. Consedine. Aging & Mental Health, Volume 21, 2017 – Issue 6, Pages 577-585. Published online: June 22, 2016.
- U. S. GAO: MEDICAID MANAGED CARE: CMS Should Improve Oversight of Access and Quality in States’ Long-Term Services and Supports Programs. GAO-17-632: Published: August 14, 2017. Publicly Released: September 13, 2017. Access to full report and highlights.
Gov. Wolf plans spending freeze in absence of state budget
If Pennsylvania’s $2.2 billion budget gap isn’t filled soon, Gov. Tom Wolf has indicated, the commonwealth could be heading for a major freeze on spending on non-essential services. Exactly which funds will freeze is not known, but it is not expected to include federal human services funds or Lottery funds.
New U.S. assistant secretary for aging & ACL administrator named
On Thursday, August 3, Lance Robertson was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as assistant secretary for aging and administrator of the Administration on Community Living.
N4A statement on Senate rejection of Affordable Care Act repeal
The Senate Republican leadership’s latest efforts to repeal the ACA came to a dramatic conclusion when three Republican senators voted against the “skinny” bill released only hours before.