News and Events
ADA Impact Survey
UTHEALTH INDEPENDENT LIVING CHAMPION - Approximately 20 years after helping craft the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) professor Lex Frieden conducted an online survey demonstrating the impact of the legislation in the disability community.
Americans with Disabilities Act turns 20, Online survey sheds insight on legislation’s impact
Weekly News Wrap-Up (July 5 - July 9)
Researchers Tackle Electronic Health Record Technology to Improve Long-Term Care Coordination, Patient Outcomes (McKnights Long-Term Care and Assisted Living, July 9, 2010)
A team of researchers at the University of Missouri is working to refine electronic health record (EHR) technology. The goal is to increase its efficiency and cost-saving benefits for long-term care.
Weekly News Wrap-Up (June 21 - July 2)
New Coverage for Uninsured People in Poor Health (The Associated Press, June 30, 2010)
The Obama administration is launching a special coverage program for uninsured Americans with medical problems this week, the most ambitious early investment of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.
States to Suffer Under Weight of Continued Long-Term Care Spending, Consulting Firm Find (McKnight’s Long-Term Care News and Assisted Living, June 23, 2010)
A new report highlights the potential detrimental impact of long-term care commitments on state budgets.
Events
National Advisory Board on Improving Health Care Services for Seniors and People with Disabilities unveils its six key principles for independence with the issuing of its new white paper, Declaration for Independence: A Call to Transform Health and Long Term Services for Seniors and People with Disabilities.
View Video From The National Day of Dialogue, May 21, 2009
Our National Day of Dialogue on May 21, 2009 was a successful start to the need for more discussion on long term care and independent living options. To view the full video and submit your own comments and questions,visit:
The NAB Co-Convenes “Long Term Services and Supports in Health Reform Solutions Summit (2009)”
The NAB joined George Mason University Long-Term Care Educational Foundation and Amerigroup Public Policy Institute at the Capitol Hill Visitor Center in Washington D.C. to provide a forum for key Congressional staff, policy analysts and LTSS experts to review the role and relevance of LTSS in health reform, synthesize health reform proposals with LTSS principles, experience and evidence, and discuss how major strategies for broad-based health reform can include LTSS for seniors and people with disabilities.
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