The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a proposed rule to revise regulations implementing and enforcing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Section 1557 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability in certain health programs or activities.

Please join the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Community Living and Office for Civil Rights on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. for a celebration of a historic victory for inclusion and community living.  You are invited to join us at the Barbara Jordan Conference Center in Washington, DC (near Metro Center) or watch live online.

AoA’s  Alzheimer's Disease Programs Initiative - Grants to States and Communities program announcement (HHS-2019-ACL-AOA-ADPI-0360) seeks to support and promote the development and expansion of dementia-capable home and community-based service (HCBS) systems in States and Communities.  There are two application options contained in the single funding announcement: Grants to States (Option A) and Grants to Communities (Option B).

The National Center on Advancing Person-Centered Practices and Systems (NCAPPS) has several updates on recent activities:

The HCBS Business Acumen Center presents a webinar on Thursday, Ju

Wednesday, June 19, 2019, 1:00 PM ET Register for the event.

  Deadline extended to Friday, June 21.

The National Council on Aging announces a call for applications for state and community-based organizations (CBO) to participate in the 2019-20 Network Development Learning Collaborative (NDLC). This learning collaborative is supported with ACL funding.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is working with the Administration for Community Living through the National Quality Forum (NQF) to address quality measurement in person-centered planning.  As part of NQF’s ongoing effort to ensure full accessibility to the web-based meeting approach for this project, they are offering a webinar to assist participants to fully access the web meetings.

Studies indicate that 28 percent to 34 percent of people with dementia are socially isolated and live alone. With no one else living in the home to observe changes in the individual’s cognitive and functional abilities, the progressive decline associated with dementia may go unnoticed until an emergency occurs.