LTSS Newsletter
LTSS Newsletter
The LTSS newsletter shares news, funding and webinar announcements, and online resources at the LTSS TA Center. Designed for health planners, health department or program employees, care providers, tribal leaders, community advocates, and anyone else interested in LTSS, the newsletter is published monthly and emailed to those who have signed up to receive it.
Newsletter Archive
Read past newsletters dating back to November 2014, when the first edition was published.
2024
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- 2023
Month Newsletter Information December
- Addressing social determinants of health
- Establishing tribal LTSS programs
- Tips for building intergenerational programs
- Protecting care facility residents from COVID-19
November
- Dementia caregiving toolkit
- Dementia awareness in Indian Country
- Resources for American Indians with TBI
- USAging’s call for conference session topics
October
- Improving QOL for people with disabilities
- HCBS for AI/AN adults with disabilities
- CMS seeks public comments on a proposed rule
- Call for symposium presentations
- Strategies to address workforce challenges at AAAs
September
- Helping caregivers cope with grief
- Supporting caregivers
- NADONA seeks conference presentation topics
- ASA’s call for conference exhibits and volunteers
- September is Healthy Aging Month
August
- Report on the role of AAAs
- HCBS waivers
- Request for stories about memory loss
- Healthy Brain Initiative Road Map
- National Immunization Awareness Month
July
- Role of social connection in health and wellness
- Keeping facility residents socially engaged
- American Society on Aging’s urgent call for proposals
- Reimagining congregate meal sites
June
- Fall prevention resources
- Tribal-specific fall prevention guidance
- Road Map for Indian Country survey
- Support for long-distance caregivers
May
- Disabilities in AI/AN communities
- HCBS in Indian Country
- Improving access to transportation for elders and people with disabilities
- Emergency preparedness resources for elders
April
- Recognizing early signs of dementia in different contexts
- Supporting families affected by dementia
- Improving transportation for elders with vision loss
- Call for NICOA workshop proposals
March
- Using traditional foods to help Elders stay well
- Incorporating traditional foods into LTSS programs
- Title VI spending guide
- Call to submit stories about memory loss
February
- Realities of caregiving
- Caregiver support
- Invitation for long-distance caregivers
- Culturally appropriate advance care planning
- Services for grandfamilies
- Equine-assisted program for people with dementia and their caregivers
January
- Emergency preparedness for people with dementia
- Emergency preparedness in tribal nursing homes
- Protecting elders from RSV
- Medicare coverage of COVID-19 tests
- Supporting caregivers of people with dementia
- 2022
Month Newsletter Information December
- Promoting discussion of advance care plans
- Advance care planning at Southcentral Foundation
- Addressing food insecurity among elders
- Workforce recruitment toolkit
- Guidance for caregivers of people with dementia
- Upcoming events
November
- Tribal codes and dementia
- Protecting people with dementia from abuse
- Flyers to increase awareness of dementia symptoms
- Songs for Native people with dementia
- Upcoming events
October
- Mitigating the impact of HCBS workforce challenges
- Managed care and HCBS
- Recruiting and retaining PCAs
- Tools to assess risk for falls
- A Native family's caregiving story
- Upcoming events
September
- Helping elders stay physically active
- Improving balance and preventing falls
- Flu shots to help protect elders
- Resources to address long-term effects of COVID
- Update on the Native Elder Storytelling Project
- Helping elders age in place
- Upcoming events
August
- Culturally relevant advance care planning for AI/ANs
- How advance care planning helps SCF's customer-owners
- Changing Talk: Online Training
- Tips and strategies to enhance virtual programming
- Guide to home-delivered meals
- Disaster reimbursement and assistance
- Tribal transportation safety
- Reconnecting Communities Pilot grants
- Upcoming events
July
- Addressing loneliness
- Promoting social engagement in care facilities
- Protecting elders from heat-related illness
- Improving organizational capacity to provide PCTI
- Webinar: Cultural Sensitivity in Memory Care
- Workshop teaches new approaches to caregiving
- OSHA grants
- Upcoming events
June
- Incorporating traditional foods into LTSS programs
- Using traditional foods to enhance facility-based care
- June is Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month
- Improving quality of life for rural LGBTQ+ elders
- Best practices for social engagement
- Translating recommendations into action steps
- Win-Win: Renegotiating Montana Tribally Owned Nursing Facility Rates Webinar
- DEI efforts to meet the needs of elders
- No Wrong Door System Governance
- Upcoming events
May
- Toolkit to assess the needs of people with dementia
- Promoting the well-being of caregivers in Indian Country
- Nominations due for RWJF Award for Health Equity
- Dementia and brain health
- COVID-19 and transmission in nursing homes
- Translating recommendations into action steps
- Tribal LTSS resource center
- Native American Elder Justice Initiative
- ASA webinar on dementia
- AFA webinar on care for LGBTQIA+ people with dementia
April
- Vaccinating people with ID/DDs against COVID-19
- Improving quality of life for people with disabilities
- Lifeline increases access to phone and internet service
- NICOA's storytelling project
- USAging's overview of Area Agencies on Aging
- FY 2022 AmeriCorps State and National Tribal Grants
- FTA Tribal Transit Program
- American Society on Aging webinars
- Virtual National Tribal Public Health Summit
- Alzheimer's Foundation of America webinar
March
- Connecting to others with compassion and empathy
- Honoring the contributions of nursing home staff
- Mitigating the impact of climate change on elders
- Stay tuned for the April LTSS webinar
- Rewards and challenges of family caregiving
- DRRP Program projects
- Tribal LTSS resource center
- American Society on Aging webinars
- 2022 Leadership Summit (LeadingAge)
February
- Helping families provide trauma-informed care
- Improving care for LGBTQ+ elders in care facilities
- Webinar: COVID-19 in Indian Country: Updated Considerations and Resources for LTSS
- Leveraging technology to meet caregivers' needs
- RAISE discretionary grants
- RCORP–Behavioral Health Care Support Program
- Tribal Management Grant Program
- American Society on Aging webinars
January
- Mitigating COVID-19's impact on LTSS
- Addressing LTSS staffing challenges in care facilities
- Tracking and preventing the spread of COVID-19
- Respite care toolkit for elders with dementia
- 2021
Month Newsletter Information December
- Safe ways to promote social engagement
- Benefits of HCBS for people with disabilities
- Community Health Profiles: disability prevalence in UIO service areas
- USAging holiday 2021 webinar and recording archive
- FDA and CDC expand eligibility for COVID-19 booster shots
- CMS releases FY 2021 report on rural health initiatives
- CMS completes nationwide study on rural bypass
- Toolkit launched for combating health misinformation
- IHS behavioral health funding
- John Hopkins Center for American Indian Health 2022 Virtual Winter Institute
November
- Tribal leader support for caregivers
- National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month
- Promoting vaccination against flu and COVID-19
- Indian Country ECHO website
- IA2 and HFC offer virtual caregiver support groups
- Rural eConnectivity Program
- Alzheimer's Foundation of America webinars
- Webinar on aging and addiction
- Context Clues webinar series: Transportation and Social Support
October
- Addressing social isolation among elders
- Improving vaccination rates in long-term care
- New deadline for UIOs to participate in Nuenas 1.0
- Abuse of AI/AN elders and vulnerable adults: What LTSS program staff should know
- RAISE Family Caregiving Advisory Council's report
- State and national public health AmeriCorps funding
September
- Protecting the health of nursing home residents
- National Title VI program survey report and toolkit
- Supportive listening and cognitive resilience
- Supporting family caregivers of people with dementia and a history of trauma
- Virtual National Tribal Health Conference
- LeadingAge Annual Meeting + EXPO
August
- Dementia and COVID-19
- Dementia care in Indian Country
- The impact of COVID-19 on Title VI programs
- For the Love of Our People campaign
July
- Increasing vaccination access
- Encouraging vaccination for people with disabilities
- CMS proposed rule for improving data collection, telehealth access, diabetes prevention, and care quality
- New fact sheet on Title VI programs
- Recruiting UIOs to participate in NUENAS 1.0
- Help coping with losses from the pandemic
June
- Aging without injury
- Fall prevention for Native elders
- Updated CDC guidance for the fully vaccinated
- Elders' top needs from evidence-based health programs
- Helping elders avoid fall-related injuries
May
- Celebrating the strength of elders
- Keeping tribal elders strong
- Tribal Food Security Resources Guide
- Money Follows the Person program extension
- Title VI programs and brain health
April
- Minority Health Month and COVID-19 vaccination
- #VaccineReady in Indian Country
- Simplifying telehealth services
- COVID-19 and brain health
March
- More than a meal: The benefits of traditional foods
- Traditional foods resources
- 2021 Tribal Nursing Home & Assisted Living Facility Directory
- Updated CMS guidance for care facility visits
- COVID-19 vaccine updates
- New survey to assess needs of Native urban elders
- Outreach to Native elders with HIV
- Providing home-based palliative care in the context of COVID-19
February
- Long-term care models that include housing
- Protecting tribal communities through COVID-19 vaccination
- Tips to reduce sundowning behaviors
- CMS Quality Conference
- Understanding the needs of family caregivers
- Challenges of aging during COVID-19
- Webinar: Fall Prevention for Native Elders
- ACL ADA grants
- ACL National Paralysis Resource Center Quality of Life Grant Program
- HRSA Evidence-Based Telehealth Network Grant Program
January
- Starting the year in a good way: Benefits of traditional foods
- More traditional foods resources
- Protecting against pandemic-related fraud
- National AI/AN COVID-19 vaccine campaign
- Peer mentoring to foster connections in long-term care
- Exercise can help beat loneliness among elders
- 2020
- Promoting flu vaccination
- Flu shots for caregivers
- Promoting success for AI/AN nursing students
- Countering social isolation and loneliness for elders
- Hopi Tribe's Community-Focused COVID-19 Surveillance Program
- Nursing Home Resource Center
- Virtual Holidays
- Reducing loneliness for nursing home residents
- Behavioral health resources for Indian Country
- Celebrating family caregivers
- Supporting healthy minds for wisdom keepers
- Tribal snapshots: How tribes are supporting elders while social distancing
- Medicare enrollment and changes
- Lifestyle changes to protect against dementia
- New dementia resource library on the LTSS TA Center
- NIHB COVID-19 response
- Helping elders and people with disabilities vote
- Wildfire Safety during COVID-19
- Emergency preparedness resources for Indian Country
- Managing arthritis
- Brain health in Indian Country
- Technical assistance for tribes
- Resources for rural LTSS programs
- Caregiver respite during the pandemic
- Promoting health and dignity for people with disabilities
- LTSS for AI/AN people with disabilities
- Pen pal programs for elders
- Resources for family caregivers
- Adapting cultural practices during COVID-19
- The importance of culture in long-term care facilities
- Caring for elders this summer
- Dementia caregiving and COVID-19
- Cancer and COVID-19
- Tips for sharing caregiving responsibilities
- Sharing information about dementia
- Dementia care in Indian Country
- Video games: More than mental stimulation
- Managing anxiety during COVID-19
- Care planning for COVID-19
- Mental health needs of COVID-19 survivors
- How to get the most out of virtual appointments
- COVID-19 and mental health
- Staying grounded through culture
- New CMS toolkit to help nursing homes fight COVID-19
- Tribal resources for PPE
- The 2020 Census and long-term care facilities
- COVID-19 Information to share with elders and your community
- CDC's guidance for long-term care facilities
- COVID-19 and LTSS in Indian Country
- Stay up to date: Information for Indian Country
- Dementia and COVID-19
- Staying active while social distancing
- The role of blood pressure in risk for dementia
- Caregiving from afar
- Person-centered care for people with dementia
- Dementia care resources
- Coronavirus and long-term care facilities
- HIV/AIDS screening for elders
- Connecting with those who have dementia
- DREAM Toolkit promotes high-quality sleep
- H2T Toolkit helps protect against infections
- Bringing LTSS close to home
- Transportation and LTSS
- Preparing for power outages
- Evaluating quality of care when you live far away
- Music and memory
- Using music to rekindle the spirit
- Hospice or palliative care: Choosing the right one
- Impact of opioid use on older adults
- Addressing elder abuse
- 2019
- Fire safety for caregivers
- Disaster preparedness
- Vaccinate care facility staff to protect patients
- Easing loneliness for elders
- Signs of caregiver stress
- Benefits and Resources for Native Veterans
- Call for nominations: 2020 CMS Health Equity Award
- Native American Heritage Month
- Comments wanted: 2020 Special Diabetes Program for Indians
- Non-opioid pain relief for chronic pain
- Helping elders prepare for natural disasters
- Warning sings of Alzheimer's disease
- Aging in place
- Connecting Generations in Senior Housing: A toolkit by Leading Age
- Planning ahead for changes in mobility
- End-of-life considerations for AI/AN cancer patients
- Cultural traditions activate the happy hormone
- Cultural health is part of behavioral health
- Cultural health in long-term care facilities
- Improving access to care for people with disabilities
- New Medicare Beneficiary Identifier: Get it, use it
- Preparing for flu season
- Yoga is one age fits all
- Caregiver corner: Dementia resources
- Funding opportunity for dementia care
- Helping elders avoid falls
- Building strength and balance
- 2019 National Senior Games
- When forgetting is more that just getting older
- Funding opportunities to enhance services for the elderly and people with disabilities, and TOR grants
- Webinar: Uniting Tribal Nursing Homes in Excellent Long-Term Elder Care
- End-of-life care in tribal communities
- Summer heat and mail-order medicine
- Upcoming Event: National Title VI TTA Conference
- June is National Aphasia Awareness Month
- Disaster preparedness for people living with dementia
- Funding Opportunity: Tribal LTSS Resource Center
- Webinar: Reclaiming Indigenous Food Relationships—Improving Health with Culture
- Caring for elders affected by trauma
- Trauma-informed care for tribal elders
- Medicare covers wellness visits, not routine physicals
- Oral health care tips for caregivers
- Planning activities for people with dementia
- Webinar: Changing Tribal Demographics in Post-Acute Care
- Monitoring elders' nutrition needs
- New data on AI/AN disability rates
- Older Americans Month
- Emergency planning for vulnerable adults
- The importance of Medicare for older AI/ANs
- Webinar: From Tundra to Table: The Seal Oil Project
- HCBS and the cost of LTSS
- New Medicare cards have arrived
- Vaccination: Our best shot at healthy aging
- Weighing the benefits of congregate meal programs
- Interrupted sleep worsens pain
- Webinar: Lifeline Internet and Telephone Discount Program Overview
- Prevent diabetes for heart and brain health
- TA Center resources: Diabetes and Native health
- Patient-centered care through storytelling
- Emergency preparedness for people with disabilities
- Funding opportunity: Substance use disorder treatment
- Find out what's covered through Medicare app
- Public comment open for pain management best practices
- Webinar: Find Local Providers and Resources with the Eldercare Locator
- Traditional foods recipes for elders and caregivers
- TA Center resources: Traditional foods resources
- Funding opportunities: Supporting and protecting elders and people with disabilities
- Keep an eye out for glaucoma
- Age+Action Conference: Registration open
- Brain health and healthy aging webinar series
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases community outreach website
- Webinar: Relationship building in Indian Country—Outreach and Outcomes
- 2018
- Washington State University partners with tribes on Alzheimer's initiatives
- TA Center resources: Alzheimer's and Native health
- Funding opportunity: Addressing Alzheimer's disease-related disparities
- Holidays in assisted living and home-based care
- New year's resolution: Smoking cessation for 60+
- Save the date: American Indian Disability Summit
- Blackfeet Tribe to build new long-term care facility
- The high value of informal caregiving
- Supporting Native Veterans
- Support for family caregivers
- Age+Action Conference: Call for proposals
- Helping elders adjust to seasonal changes
- Planning care for people with dementia
- Redesigned Eldercare Locator website
- Funding opportunity: Reduce gaps for AI/AN health data
- Webinar: Cherokee Elder Care's PACE Program
- Emergency preparedness for home care
- Prime time for flu vaccination
- Supporting staff and residents through their grief
- Connected Care Toolkit offers chronic care management resources
- Annual health summit helps tribes address disparities
- Webinar: Tribal/State Elder Justice Collaborations That Work
- Data show increased use of home- and community-based care
- Disabilities and health care access
- Excessive earwax can cause health problems for elders
- Native American Nutrition Conference
- Get ahead of sepsis
- LTSS and Medicaid Toolkit
- Webinar: New Medicare Card Updates and Social Security Disability Benefits Overview
- Financial sustainability for tribal nursing homes
- Alaska hunters supply traditional foods for elders
- Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians recognized for health achievements
- Funding opportunity: Disaster assistance
- Respite care for elders with dementia
- New data on nursing home staffing
- Transportation survey: Older adults and people with disabilities
- Addressing caregiver burnout
- Funding opportunity: Enhancing access to home modifications
- Telehealth needs for rural tribal caregiving
- Culture and Health – Diabetes in Indian Country
- Disability Network Business Strategies: CBO Toolkit
- Webinar: Tribal Nursing Homes – Financial Sustainability
- New data on mistreatment of elders and people with disabilities
- Funding opportunity: Native American Elder Justice Initiative
- Opioid use among people with disabilities
- World elder abuse awareness day is June 15
- New Medicare cards are on the way
- Funding opportunity: mainstream voucher program
- Culturally sensitive care in tribal nursing homes
- Funding opportunities to enhance services for people with disabilities
- CMS publishes new tribal nursing home directory
- End-of-life planning for people with dementia
- RAISE family caregivers act will help families of people with disabilities
- Funding opportunity: Paralysis Resource Centers
- Protecting nursing home residents during emergencies
- Training: Positive outcomes for Alaska Native elders
- Elders and the flu
- Sundowning: Tips for caregivers
- Connecting elders to health care coverage
- Choosing a care setting for elders
- 2017
- Protect your patients and residents with the flu vaccine
- Funding opportunity: Research to Improve Native American Health
- LTSS video: caregiver support
- New Navajo health care system will enhance LTSS
- Oglala Sioux Lakota Nursing Home offers culturally sensitive care for elders
- LTSS video: Dementia and Alzheimer's care for tribal elders
- Traditional Foods
- National Title VI Program Survey Results
- Apply for NACCHO's Disability Technical Assistance Program
- Emergency preparedness for tribal LTSS programs
- Upcoming Conference on Dementia in Native Americans
- Protecting Elders Against Financial Harm
- Quickly Find LTSS Research to Support Your Program
- New Videos Highlight Ways to Support Long-Term Care in Your Community
- Recent Research Shows High Diabetes Rates Among AI/ANs and Elders
- Emerging Issues: Alzheimer's Disease in Indian Country
- Hospice Care in Indian Country
- Funding Opportunity: Reducing Harm Among the Elderly
- Effective Communication for Patients with Dementia
- Webinar: Tribal Nursing Home Stories
- Previous webinar: Tribal Data Collection and your Community's LTSS Story
- Providing Spiritual Support
- Standards of Care for Diabetes
- Webinar: Diagnosing and Treating Parkinson's Disease
- New Chronic Care Management Resources
- Dementia—Beyond Alzheimer's Disease
- Comments Wanted: Draft Principles for a Person-Centered Approach to Serious or Advanced Illness
- Traditional foods offer elders taste of home
- Taxing strategies – deductions for medical expenses
- Ideas for caregivers: Helping someone with Alzheimer's get the most from a doctor visit
- Tribal Strategies to Care for Veterans
- Promising Practices: VA Programs in Indian Country
- Veterans May Endure Higher Pain Severity Than Nonveterans
- New Year's Resolution: Healthy Body, Healthy Mind
- Memory Care Forum
- New and Updated LTSS Reports
- 2016
- Researchers Recommend Medication Review After a Fracture
- Oglala Sioux Nursing Home Provides Care Close to Home
- Study: Hearing Loss Nearly Universal Among Elders Age 80 or Above
- Focus on Family Caregivers
- Tribal nursing home providers UNITE!
- Alaska facility builds tundra garden for residents
- Flu vaccinations for caregivers
- CMS announces new nursing home rules
- ACL funds an advocacy center for people with disabilities
- CMS Seeks to Simplify, Modernize PACE
- FEMA's Guide for People with Disabilities
- Talking to People with Alzheimer's
- Could More Community Health Aides Expand Tribal LTSS?
- Immunizations for Elders and People with Disabilities
- Why People Are Ashamed to Claim
- How much do you know about Medicaid and long-term care?
- Helping elders cope with the heat
- Technology for caregivers
- Two Tactics to Try in Alzheimer's Care and Prevention
- Kenaitze Indian Tribe Opens New Tyotkas Elder Center
- Putting the Control Back in Remote Controls
- LTSS Technical Assistance Center Q&A
- Funding Opportunity: Elder Justice Innovation Grants
- Tribal Nursing Homes: Traditional Foods, Traditional Lives
- 'Invisible Work' Takes Toll on Unpaid Caregivers
- April Is Occupational Therapy Month
- New Solutions Needed for Diabetes Management Among Elders
- Improving LTSS for People with Developmental Disabilities
- Study Finds Higher Dementia Rates for Natives
- Pine Ridge Elders Educate Peers on Advanced Care Planning
- Video: A Gathering of Tribal Leaders
- Speaking the Same Language about Elder Abuse
- New CMS Guide Helps Hospitals Tackle Readmissions
- Winterize to Prevent Falls
- Perspectives on Dementia
- Nursing Textbook Focuses on American Indians
- 2015
- Elder Abuse in Indian Country
- International Day of People with Disabilities
- Flu Prevention
- Hospice and Palliative Care
- National Family Caregivers Month
- Native One-Stop Portal
- New Nursing Home on the Pine Ridge Reservation
- ACL Launches "What Is Brain Health?"
- Flu Vaccines among Younger and Middle-Aged Adults May Help Protect the Elderly
- World Alzheimer's Month
- National Native American Conference on Alzheimer's Disease
- New Survey Finds Gaps and Inconsistencies in State Dementia Training Standards
- New Court of Appeals Ruling on Minimum Wage and Overtime for Direct Care Workers
- Promote Depression Screenings on October 9
- First National Native American Conference on Alzheimer's Disease
- ACL Requesting Feedback on Adult Protective Services
- NCOA Releases Action Plan for Preventing Falls
- The Americans with Disabilities Act Turns 50
- Native American Disability and Health Resources
- Heat Sickness and Medication Side Effects
- Secrets to Successful Aging from Alaska Native Elders
- Proposed Rule for Medicaid Managed Care
- Starting the Conversation About Elder Abuse
- Safety Resources for Tribal Members with Disabilities
- New LTSS Video Series: What Works for Us
- New Program Profiles and Reports on Elder Abuse Prevention
- 2015 White House Conference on Aging
- National Lessons Learned from the Money Follows the Person Initiative
- Traditional Foods Back on the Table for Alaska Native Elders
- Menominee's Long-Term Care Model Is Semifinalist for Honoring Nations Award
- New CMS Tribal Affairs LinkedIn Group
- New Housing Resources Available to Tribes
- Updated Standards for Home- and Community-Based Care
- Macular Degeneration and Low Vision Awareness
- Study Finds Exercise Good for Depression in Elders
- Influenza Management in Long-Term Care Facilities
- Medicare Matters: A New Toolkit for Engaging AI/AN Elders
- Nursing Home Successes: Cutting Antipsychotic Drug Use by 97%
- Report on Health Care Barriers for Elders
- 2014
- Checking in on Loved Ones During the Holidays
- Protecting the Circle of Life
- Recommended Reading: Elder Justice Roadmap Project Report
- The Rural Assistance Center: A Resource for Funding Opportunities
- Alzheimer's Disease Awareness
- Honoring Caregivers
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