Chronically Ill and Disabled Children Need Better Support Systems
January 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
From 1995 to 1996, staff at Group Health Foundation examined existing services for care of children with chronic illnesses.
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Special Olympics Athletes Receive Dental Screening
September 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
The Special Smiles oral health program of Special Olympics International was a pilot program in 1999 and 2000 designed to increase access to oral care among those with mental retardation, particularly those who compete as Special Olympics athletes.
Expanding Permanent Supportive Housing for People with Disabilities
January 23, 2013 | Program Result Report
The Technical Assistance Collaborative (TAC) advanced a federal framework to expand permanent supportive housing for low-income people with disabilities.
Cash & Counseling
National Program
Cash & Counseling is a voluntary and market-based and solution that helps our elderly population plan and budget the services they want and require.
Medicare/Medicaid Integration Program
National Program
A state demonstration program to test the operation and design of delivery systems that integrate long-term and acute care services under combined Medicare and Medicaid capitation payments for elderly patients.
Independent Choices: Enhancing Consumer Direction for People with Disabilities
National Program
Program to foster the development of consumer-directed home and community-based services for people of all ages with chronic disabilities.
Independent Review of Social and Population Variation in Mental Health Could Improve Diagnosis in DSM Revisions
May 1, 2013 | Journal Article
At stake in the May 2013 publication of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), are billions of dollars in insurance payments and government resources.
Premium Support in Medicare
March 22, 2012 | Issue Brief
With Medicare spending expected to rise, one proposal would have the federal government pay a fixed contribution to health plans. Critics fear that could result in beneficiaries shouldering more of their health care costs.
Network Coordinates Housing and Medical Services for Disabled and Chronically Ill Adults
June 30, 2006 | Program Result Report
The Corporation for Supportive Housing in Oakland, Calif., developed the Health, Housing and Integrated Services Network, which brought together more than 30 public and private nonprofit agencies.
Study Finds Canes, Crutches and Wheelchairs Greatly Reduce Need for Human Help
September 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
Researchers at Brown University studied how well personal assistance and technological assistance (canes, crutches, walkers and wheelchairs) work for adults with chronic conditions who need help with everyday activities.