Home- & Community-Based Services (HCBS)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

This paper--which is one of a series of Appendices which will be included in the demonstration's final report-- begins with a description of Wisconsin's Homecoming Project, followed by a summary of the program's results.

The objective of this report is to summarize the findings from the quantitative and qualitative methods used to answer the key study questions. The report provides a description of the states, agencies, and patients that participated in the study.

This paper — which is one of a series of Appendices included in the demonstration's final report — describes a case study of the Michigan Nursing Home Transition Demonstration program.

To fulfill a Presidential mandate, the Department of Health and Human Services established the New Freedom Initiative Workgroup to review efforts that have been initiated in response to the Olmstead decision, and to recommit and refocus the Administration's efforts in promoting the full participation of adults with disabilities in community life.

"Consumer-direction" is a philosophy and orientation to the delivery of home and community-based long-term care that puts informed consumers and their families in the driver's seat with respect to making choices about how best to meet their disability-related supportive service needs.

by: Laudan Y. Aron and Patrick T. Sharkey, The Urban Institute March 19, 2002

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Consumer Directed Care and Nurse Practice Acts Susan C. Reinhard, RN, PhD Center for State Health Policy, Rutgers University June 2001 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/2001/nursprac.pdf (38 PDF pages)

This Primer is designed to encourage use of the Medicaid program in a manner that minimizes reliance on institutions and maximizes community integration in a cost-effective manner.