Home and Community Based Services, opens a new website HCBS, are services for people with disabilities, funded by Medicaid. HCBS are an alternative to long-term residential institutions for people ...

A pandemic relief package that was expected to funnel $12.7 billion to states to bolster Medicaid home and community-based services actually distributed nearly three times that much in extra funding, ...

Federal officials are delaying enforcement of a new mandate aimed at helping people with disabilities experiencing issues ...

Federal regulators and policy makers have increasingly coaxed long-term care patients and services to migrate more to home- and community-based settings in recent years. Now it’s time to allow ...

US lawmakers should prioritize support for home and community-based services for older people as part of the negotiations on infrastructure bills under way in Congress, Human Rights Watch said today.

As policymakers in Washington, D.C., consider the future of essential disability services in West Virginia, it is imperative that we recognize their profound value. Protecting and expanding HCBS is ...

One day last year, no nurse arrived to help me out of bed. I’m Charles, a paralyzed veteran, and without ample warning the VA-contracted, home health agency responsible for my care didn’t secure a ...

H. Stephen Kaye, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Joseph Caldwell ([email protected]), Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a ...

What are Medicaid waiver services, and how do they support individuals needing long-term care in Indiana? HelloNation has ...

This study explores the differences in emotional well-being associated with: attending caregiver support services and the perceived need for caregiver support services. The National Survey of Older ...