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:

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.

The Commission on Law and Aging of the American Bar Association announces a groundbreaking publication, “WINGS Briefing Paper: Advancing Guardianship Reform and Promoting Less Restrictive Options.” Please forward to your networks.

With the formation of the RAISE Family Caregiving Advisory Council and developme

A new funding opportunity from the

This week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched a

The Administration for Community Living’s (ACL) Administration on Disabilities (AoD) is pleased to announce funding of a new Disability Employment Technical Assistance Center that will provide AoD grantees with the tools and resources they need to more effectively help individuals with disabilities achieve meaningful employment with competitive wages in integrated settings. The Employment TA Center will be a comprehensive source for disability employment information, resources for AoD grantees, and will maximize knowledge transfer across programs by identifying and providing training o

Apply to a New Challenge Competition Starting November 20 for Improving the Direct Support Professional Workforce. ACL is looking for inventive solutions to strengthen the direct support professional (DSP) workforce and to improve the overall quality of home- and community-based services (HCBS) for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (ID/DD). Our goal is to encourage the development of innovative business models that will help to stabilize the DSP labor market.