You are now viewing 1 - 10 of 16 results
September 1, 2000 | Program Result
Starting in May 1995, the Council on Foundations, Washington, and the Dole Foundation, Washington, carried out two series of forums on grantmaking and disability policy and produced related publications.
April 1, 2004 | Journal Article
People who receive disability benefits from the Social Security Administration (SSA) have a high unemployment rate partly because they are afraid that, if they take a job, they will lose their benefits, especially their health insurance. One respons ...
April 1, 2005 | Program Result
The United Hospital Fund of New York brought together a working group of researchers, clinicians, policy-makers and family caregiver advocates to produce an analysis leading to the development of more accurate measures of the work performed by family caregivers.
March 1, 2001 | Program Result
In 1997 and 1998, staff at Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., organized two conferences on physician-assisted suicide and what it means to persons with disabilities, along with two training sessions that focused on developing ways of educating people with disabilities on the subject.
May 31, 2011 | Program Result
The University of Michigan conducted development and evaluation work on the Michigan Managed Long-Term Care Initiative, which allows eligible adults to receive Medicaid-covered services in their homes.
March 1, 2004 | Program Result
Laguna Research Associates under the direction of Nelda McCall studied the initial impact of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA) on Medicare beneficiaries, home health agencies and the health care system overall.
March 30, 2004 | Program Result
From 1997 to 1999, researchers at the Visiting Nurse Service of New York led by Christopher M. Murtaugh, Ph.D., examined current state efforts to reallocate long-term care resources and expand home and community-based services for older adults.
June 22, 2004 | Program Result
The Scripps Gerontology Center of Miami University created a new program, called CHOICES, designed to increase consumer choice and control in PASSPORT, Ohio's existing Medicaid home and community-based care waiver program for older adults.
June 22, 2004 | Program Result
The National Association of State Units on Aging designed and tested a tool and process that allow states the opportunity to evaluate the extent to which they offer consumers opportunities to make choices and direct their own health care and support services.
December 1, 2004 | Program Result
In January and February 2003, WGBH Educational Foundation aired a three-part Frontline series called "Failure to Protect," which addresses problems with the child welfare system in America.