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State Strategies to Build and Sustain Consumer Advocacy
09/07/2006 | Requests *Summary
This report compares strategies of eight states engaged in strengthening consumer participation in long-term care (LTC) policy advocacy. The authors identify several tips for states to encourage consumer advocacy with the goals of increasing the efficacy and accountability of programs. This paper is part of a project funded by CMS to study ways to create a more equitable balance between Medicaid funds for LTC going to institutional services versus community-based supports.
Author
Priester, Reinhard; Hewitt, Amy; Kane, Rosalie A.
Available Files
- Report PDF (144K, 28 pages)
Keywords
Medicaid; Independent Living; Community Inclusion; Advocacy; Real Choice Systems Change; long-term care ombudsman; elder rights; state units on aging; S.U.A.; state councils on developmental disabilities; centers for independent living; advisory committees; consumer advocacy; rebalancing study
Topic
Consumer/Participant Direction, Long-Term Care, Transition/Diversion from Institutions
Type/Tool
Reports
Source
CMS, University of Minnesota
State
Arkansas, Florida, Minnesota, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Texas, Vermont, Washington, All States/Territories
Date Created
05/07/2008
Contact
Rosalie Kane
University of Minnesota
kanex002@umn.edu
612-624-5434
University of Minnesota
kanex002@umn.edu
612-624-5434
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