Announcements

National Coalition on Mental Health and Aging Webinar Pathways to Homelessness among Older Adults with Mental Illness Wednesday, December 16, 2020, 2:00-3:00 PM ET Webinar Registration Participants will learn:

Today, in advance of the approaching holiday season, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is urging nursing home staff, residents, and visitors to follow established guidelines for visitation and adherence to the core principles of infection prevention. These guidelines include remaining six feet apart from individuals, wearing a face covering, and limiting the number of visitors in the nursing home at any one time.

Here's what's new on our COVID-19 resource page:  Vaccine resources: This month has brought encouraging news about potential COVID-19 vaccines. Here are some resources on vaccines and how they could be distributed:

The National Center on Advancing Person-Centered Practices and Systems (NCAPPS) presents a webinar and two new resources.

Earlier this fall, AARP released its 2020 Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) State Scorecard. The Scorecard seeks to measure state-level LTSS system performance from the viewpoint of users of services and their families.

Webinar time: Thursday, November 19, 2020, 3 PM (EST) Register for this webinar. This webinar will highlight Wyoming’s “Tech2Connect” project, which is a collaborative effort between the Wyoming Center on Aging, the Wyoming Department of Health: Aging Division, and Wyoming Assistive Technology Resources (WATR) using funding from the CARES Act.

Providing Help, Restoring Hope: The U.S. Department of Justice National Elder Fraud Hotline Thursday, December 10, 2020 2:00 - 3:00 PM ET

Friday, November 20, 2020 2:00-3:00 PM ET