The Veterans Health Administration plans to partner with the Aging Network in order to be serving over 109,000 veterans using HCBS by 2011. February 25 and 26, 2009, these organizations met in Boston to develop the partnership, work out next steps, and identify challenges. Presentations provide details on existing infrastructure, Nursing Home Diversion, financial management services, and existing research on HCBS and self-direction. 

 

Personal Assistant; Medicaid; Independent Living; Human Services; Community Inclusion; Cash and Counseling; Caregiving; Aging and Disability Resource Center; VD-HCBS; Nursing Facility Transition; veterans; ; VDHCBS; veterans-directed home and community-based services; Aging Network; National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services; NRCPDS; financial management; FMS; Aging Network; State Units on Aging; AAA; VISN; Older Americans Act; Gerhard; Hornyak; Polansky; Zimmerman; Kellogg; Ditto; Wilson; Brady; Alecxih; Engelhardt; Bowen; Ettner; Thompson; Grotpeter; Options Counseling; 

Aging Issues, Consumer/Participant Direction, Deficit Reduction Act (DRA), Employment Programs, Financing HCBS, Housing, Long-Term Care, Mental Health, Physical Disabilities, Psychiatric Disabilities/Mental Illness, Resource Center, Single Point of Entry/No Wrong Door, Transition/Diversion from Institutions 

Archived conference materials / Presentations 

The Lewin Group 

Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Virginia, Washington, All States/Territories 

03/11/2009 

Sarah Lash
3130 Fairview Park Drive, Suite 800
Falls Church, VA 22042

sarah.lash@lewin.com
703-269-5723