Resources For Integrated Care

By working in a team of skilled professionals, interdisciplinary care teams (ICT) provide comprehensive assessment and management of care for older adults. Effective ICTs use a person-centered approach that prioritizes the individual’s needs. These podcasts, excerpted from a December 2017 webinar, explain key members within ICTs and identify common challenges and best practices for ICTs working with older adults. Presenters also address the importance of clinical, psychosocial, long-term care, behavioral and community-based support for older adults, particularly Medicare-Medicaid beneficiaries.

By working in a team of skilled professionals, interdisciplinary care teams (ICT) provide comprehensive assessment and management of care for older adults. Effective ICTs use a person-centered approach that prioritizes the individual’s needs. These podcasts, excerpted from a December 2017 webinar, explain key members within ICTs and identify common challenges and best practices for ICTs working with older adults. Presenters also address the importance of clinical, psychosocial, long-term care, behavioral and community-based support for older adults, particularly Medicare-Medicaid beneficiaries.

Family caregivers can experience detrimental effects associated with the role, including exhaustion, isolation and financial hardship. To counteract these impacts, effective family caregiver interventions are delivered over longer periods of time, are multidimensional, and tailored to the needs of caregivers and care recipients. These podcasts, excerpted from a September 2017 webinar, provides concrete recommendations for health plans and providers on how to best identify, assess, support and engage family caregivers while respecting diverse cultural views.

Family caregivers can experience detrimental effects associated with the role, including exhaustion, isolation and financial hardship. To counteract these impacts, effective family caregiver interventions are delivered over longer periods of time, are multidimensional, and tailored to the needs of caregivers and care recipients. These podcasts, excerpted from a September 2017 webinar, provides concrete recommendations for health plans and providers on how to best identify, assess, support and engage family caregivers while respecting diverse cultural views.

Family caregivers can experience detrimental effects associated with the role, including exhaustion, isolation and financial hardship. To counteract these impacts, effective family caregiver interventions are delivered over longer periods of time, are multidimensional, and tailored to the needs of caregivers and care recipients. These podcasts, excerpted from a September 2017 webinar, provides concrete recommendations for health plans and providers on how to best identify, assess, support and engage family caregivers while respecting diverse cultural views.

Family caregivers can experience detrimental effects associated with the role, including exhaustion, isolation and financial hardship. To counteract these impacts, effective family caregiver interventions are delivered over longer periods of time, are multidimensional, and tailored to the needs of caregivers and care recipients. These podcasts, excerpted from a September 2017 webinar, provides concrete recommendations for health plans and providers on how to best identify, assess, support and engage family caregivers while respecting diverse cultural views.

The DCCAT is a free resource designed to assist health plans and health systems in evaluating their current ability to meet the needs of adults with functional limitations. Health plans and health systems can improve their disability competence by using the DCCAT to identify strategic opportunities for improvement. The DCCAT is being re-introduced in a new format that highlights the seven pillars of the Disability-Competent Care model. This new version of the tool allows users to more narrowly assess their disability competence and identify actionable areas for improvement. These excerpts from our webinar will provide a sequential walk-through of the DCCAT and demonstrate how health plans and states can use the tool and its supporting materials to meet the needs of participants.

The DCCAT is a free resource designed to assist health plans and health systems in evaluating their current ability to meet the needs of adults with functional limitations. Health plans and health systems can improve their disability competence by using the DCCAT to identify strategic opportunities for improvement. The DCCAT is being re-introduced in a new format that highlights the seven pillars of the Disability-Competent Care model. This new version of the tool allows users to more narrowly assess their disability competence and identify actionable areas for improvement. These excerpts from our webinar will provide a sequential walk-through of the DCCAT and demonstrate how health plans and states can use the tool and its supporting materials to meet the needs of participants.

The DCCAT is a free resource designed to assist health plans and health systems in evaluating their current ability to meet the needs of adults with functional limitations. Health plans and health systems can improve their disability competence by using the DCCAT to identify strategic opportunities for improvement. The DCCAT is being re-introduced in a new format that highlights the seven pillars of the Disability-Competent Care model. This new version of the tool allows users to more narrowly assess their disability competence and identify actionable areas for improvement. These excerpts from our webinar will provide a sequential walk-through of the DCCAT and demonstrate how health plans and states can use the tool and its supporting materials to meet the needs of participants.

These podcasts, excerpted from a 2017 webinar, explore the challenges health plans and providers experience in providing preventive care and screenings for persons with disabilities. Listeners will learn about the social determinants and barriers that consumers encounter with obtaining preventive care and screenings and explore promising practices that can be applied to address identified barriers and challenges.