This report uses information from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) in 2005 and 2006 the years when the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA) was passed and first being implemented to provide a snapshot of the different types of disabilities among recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), how disability prevalence among TANF recipients compares to othe
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Advanced SearchFederal Authority for Medicare Special Needs Plans and their Relationship to State Medicaid Programs
This Brief reviews the history and current status of federal special needs plans (SNPs) authority, with particular attention to provisions of interest to state Medicaid programs that have or are considering entering into contracts with SNPs to integrate or coordinate Medicaid long-term care services with Medicare primary, acute and prescription drug services for dually eligible beneficiaries.
Home Modifications: Use, Cost, and Interactions with Functioning Among Near-elderly and Older Adults
This report analyzes new data from an experimental module to the 2006 Health and Retirement Study on assistive home features for near-elderly and older adults. In 2006, two-thirds of the population born in 1953 or earlier (ages 52 and older) had one or more assistive home features, about one-third added at least one of these features, and 40% used at least one feature in the last 30 days.
Examining the Relationships between Excess Body Weight, Health and Disability
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Advance Directives and Advance Care Planning for People with Intellectual and Physical Disabilities
This paper describes the current status of advance directives and advance care planning in the disability community and identifies where gaps exist in policy, practice, and research. The aim is to better assure that the needs and issues of people with disabilities are considered and integrated into new policies designed to promote effective advance care planning.
A Profile of Medicaid Institutional and Community-Based Long-Term Care Service Use and Expenditures Among the Aged and Disabled Using MAX 2002
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Following an Admissions Cohort: Care Management, Claim Experience and Transitions among an Admissions Cohort of Privately Insured Disabled Elders over a 16 Month Period
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Gauging the Use of HCBS Supports Waivers for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Final Project Report
This report contains the following major sections: Methods. This section briefly describes how the information contained in this report was obtained and compiled. HCBS for People with I&DD.
Service Use and Transitions: Decisions, Choices and Care Management among an Admissions Cohort of Privately Insured Disabled Elders
This report was prepared under contract #HHS-100-02-0014 between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy (DALTCP) and LifePlans, Inc.
Gauging the Use of HCBS Support Waivers for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Profiles of State Supports Waivers
A project was funded by ASPE to: (a) gather descriptive information on HCBS waivers, both comprehensive and supports, operated for people with I&DD in 17 states with the supports waivers; (b) determine how supports waivers have emerged as separate and distinct HCBS waivers; (c) better understand the range of participant characteristics and experiences that distinguish supports waivers from