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Family Caregiver Alliance and the ARCH National Respite Network and Resource
Center.
The Centers provide technical assistance to the Aging and Lifespan Respite Networks
on
caregiver and lifespan respite program development.
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FCA Announces
Awardees of the Rosalinde Gilbert Innovations in Alzheimer's Disease Caregiving Legacy
Award
Four exceptional
programs from California, New York, North Carolina and Washington are this year's recipients of
the Rosalinde Gilbert Innovations in Alzheimer's Disease Caregiving Legacy Awards. The
awarded programs are administrated by the following organizations: Songwriting Works Educational
Foundation, Alzheimer's Association California Southland Chapter, Alzheimer's Foundation of
America, and Mountain Projects, Inc.
Organized by the National Center on Caregiving at Family
Caregiver Alliance and sponsored by The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, this year marks
the third year of the Awards that recognize excellence in Alzheimer's care and caregiver support
in three categories: Creative Expression; Diverse & Multicultural Communities; and Policy &
Advocacy.
The programs are awarded $20,000 each and will be honored at a reception at Aging
in America, the Annual Conference of the American Society on Aging in San Francisco on April 28,
2011 from 5:30-7:30 pm. The programs will also participate in a panel discussion/workshop on the
morning of April 28th. For more information, visit: Family Caregiver Alliance. For more information, visit: Aging in
America, the Annual Conference of the American Society on Aging.
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Upcoming Events
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To see the full
description of the event, click on the date.
January 2011
January 24: Administration on Aging Webinar Series.
April 2011
April 11-12: n4a Aging Policy Briefing & Capitol Hill Day, Washington, D.C.
April 26-30: 2011 Aging in America, San Francisco,
CA.
May 2011
May 15-17: 2011 Alzheimer's Action Summit, Washington, D.C.
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Research & Practice
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Apps Design to Assist
Caregivers
A recent article by Anya Martin in The Wall Street Journal focused on the
challenges faced by older adult children who are taking care of an aging relative and the
introduction of new affordable apps that are designed to assist the busy caregiver. The author
explains how the tech market has seen an increase of growing smartphone apps that are designed to
assist caregivers in tracking their care recipient's medical appointments, medication management,
and other caregiving related responsibilities. Read more...
Call for Submission: 2011 Healthy Living Innovation
Awards
The Healthy Living Innovation Awards is an opportunity for organizations to
showcase their effective health promotion efforts for improving the well-being and health of the
community they serve. Eligible programs that are utilizing new outreach tools or implementing
innovative strategies to an existing tool are encouraged to apply. Read more...
Health And Human Services Revises Rule For Hospital
Visiting Procedures
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced a final rule
mandating that hospitals have written policies and procedures explaining to all patients their
right to choose who may visit them during their inpatient stay as well as their right to withdraw
consent for visitation at any time. The rules mean that patients will have the right to choose
their own visitors during a hospital stay, including a visitor who is a same-sex domestic
partner. The rules update the Conditions of Participation that all Medicare and Medicaid-
participating hospitals and critical access hospitals must meet. Read more...
New Report Explores AAA's Readiness To Serve LGBT
Seniors
A recent report "Ready to Serve: The Aging Network and LGB and T Older Adults" provides a
glimpse into the Aging Network's experience and readiness to serve the LGBT senior community.
Respondents from 45 states and regions nationwide participated in the May 2010 study that
interviewed directors of the Area Agency on Aging (AAA) and directors of State Units on Aging.
Read more...
New Website Addresses Workplace Flexibility
The Sloan Center on Aging and Work at Boston
College recently launched a website focused on workplace flexibility. Workplace flexibility (or
lack thereof) is an issue faced by many family caregivers and this website provides information
for employees and employers, including case studies, types of flexibility, challenges in
implementing flexibility in the workplace, and the benefits of flexibility for employees and
employers. Read more...
Senate Special Committee On Aging Holds Forum On
Alzheimer's Disease
The Senate Special Committee on Aging held a
forum on December 8, 2010, about Alzheimer's disease and its impact on families. Kathy Greenlee,
the Assistant Secretary of the Administration on Aging (AoA), testified about programs to support
caregivers who are caring for loved ones with Alzheimer's disease. AoA is currently working with
16 states to field test nine evidence-based caregiver interventions. Patricia Grady, the Director
of the National Institute of Nursing Research at the National Institutes of Health, explained her
agency's efforts to support the estimated 10.9 million caregivers who are serving patients with
Alzheimer's. Read more...
FCA Blogs!
Baby
Boomer Caregiver Use of Technologies and Social Media Increasing. By
Kathleen Kelly - FCA Executive Director, on January 11th, 2011
On January 10th, two studies
were released that examined the role of technology and family caregiving. The studies, "Home
Tweet Home: The Age Lesson Boomer Social Media Study" (Age Lessons) and "e-Connected Family
Caregivers: Bringing Caregiving into the 21st Century" (UnitedHealthcare, National Alliance for
Caregiving) looked at how caregivers look at social media and caregiver receptivity to
technologies. "Home Tweet Home..." used a panel of identified baby boomer caregivers who had
visited at least one caregiver sites to determine how they used their time on the web.
Continue reading the blog...
Innovations
Clearinghouse on Family Caregiving
For additional
research based information and informed practices, visit FCA's Innovations Clearinghouse/Online Technical Assistance Center. Search the
Clearinghouse to identify best practices, specific tools and policy & advocacy efforts; connect
with fellow professionals from the aging networks; and request specialized technical
assistance.
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Lifespan Respite News
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ARCH Selects Four States to Host Lifespan Respite Summits
Last fall, ARCH solicited
applications from collaborative partnerships between state government agencies, state respite
coalitions/organizations, and Aging and Disability Resource Centers to hold statewide Lifespan
Respite Summits in states that do not yet have a federal Lifespan Respite Grant and have not
previously held an ARCH-sponsored Summit. The purpose of the summit is to bring together diverse
public and private groups and family caregivers with similar respite interests to learn about the
federal Lifespan Respite program, states' best practices, building state respite coalitions, and
to help assist the state in planning its own Lifespan Respite system. Read more...
AoA
Plans to Release FY 11 Lifespan Respite Program Announcement in Early Spring
The next program announcement for available grant funds for FY 2011 for the
Lifespan Respite Program is expected to be released by the US Administration on Aging in early
spring. Eligible state agencies include the agency which administers the Older Americans Act, the
State Medicaid Agency, or an agency designated by the governor. Read more...
Lifespan Respite Care Program
Reauthorization Input Requested
AoA is soliciting input for the reauthorization of the Lifespan Respite Care
Program (LRCP). The LRCP was authorized by Congress in December 2006. In 2011, Congress will
consider reauthorization of the LRCP effective in FY 2012. Read more...
Wanted: A National Respite System
A recent blog post in the New York Times, The New
Old Age, entitled Wanted: A National Respite System (December 31, 2010) by
Karen Stabiner, highlighted the federally-funded Lifespan Respite program, bringing it new
national attention. The especially compelling comments, many of them sharing personal caregiving
stories about the value of respite, accompany the blog post. The Times continues to welcome your
comments to the Post. The more comments that are received, the more likely it will be that the
Times will continue to write about the need for respite.
Save
the Date
The 2011 National Lifespan Respite Conference and
Grantee Meeting will be held in Glendale, AZ, November 1-4, 2011. The conference will be hosted
by the AZ Caregiver Coalition and the AZ Lifespan Respite Care Network in collaboration with the
ARCH National Respite Network. The theme of the national conference is the Many Faces of
Respite, celebrating cultural diversity among the nation's family caregivers and in the
innovative delivery of respite services. The full conference will be preceded by a Pre-Conference
Intensive, a State Summit on Lifespan Respite, on November 1, 2011. Read more...
For everyone--Twitter
@archrespite
Give ARCH your
Feedback
We Need Your Input! The AoA funded
Lifespan Respite Training and Technical Assistance Project of the ARCH National Respite Network
and Resource Center would greatly appreciate your input in planning its training and TA
activities. Please take a moment to respond to our online questionnaire by clicking here.
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In the Spotlight
FCA Announces Awardees of the Rosalinde Gilbert Innovations in Alzheimer's Disease
Caregiving Legacy Award
Four exceptional programs from California, New York, North Carolina and Washington are this
year's recipients of the Rosalinde Gilbert Innovations in Alzheimer's Disease Caregiving
Legacy Awards. The awarded programs are administrated by the following organizations:
Songwriting Works Educational Foundation, Alzheimer's Association California Southland Chapter,
Alzheimer's Foundation of America, and Mountain Projects, Inc.
Organized by the National Center on Caregiving at Family Caregiver Alliance and sponsored by
The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, this year marks the third year of the Awards that
recognize excellence in Alzheimer's care and caregiver support in three categories: Creative
Expression; Diverse & Multicultural Communities; and Policy & Advocacy.
The programs are awarded $20,000 each and will be honored at a reception at Aging in America,
the Annual Conference of the American Society on Aging in San Francisco on April 28, 2011 from
5:30-7:30 pm. The programs will also participate in a panel discussion/workshop on the morning of
April 28th.
For more information, visit: Family
Caregiver Alliance.
For more information, visit: Aging in America, the Annual Conference of the American Society on Aging.
Upcoming Events
Administration on Aging Webinar Series
January 24, 2011
The Administration on Aging (AoA) is hosting a webinar, Care Transitions: What Do These
Programs Look Like? And How Can the Aging Network Play a Role? on January 24th as part of its
webinar series that will be focusing on issues pertaining to the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act of 2010 and its impact on the aging network.
For more information, visit: Administration on Aging.
n4a Aging Policy Briefing & Capitol Hill Day
April 11 - 12, 2011
The n4a's 17th Annual Aging Policy Briefing is being held April 11 -12 at the Liaison Hotel in
Washington, D.C. The annual event offers participants insight into federal policy making, current
policy issues and networking opportunities for advocates.
For more information and registration, visit: n4a Aging Policy Briefing.
2011 Aging in America
April 26 - 30, 2011
The Annual Conference of the American Society on Aging (ASA) is being held in San Francisco,
California April 26-30, 2011. The conference attracts professionals from diverse disciplines and
provides an opportunity for attendees to learn about current trends within the field of aging.
The National Center on Caregiving at Family Caregiver Alliance will be hosting the following
sessions during the event: National Technical Assistance Centers for Caregiving and Respite:
Creating Learning Communities on April 27th, Caregivers are Partners in Care: Shifting
the Paradigm Towards Consumer and Family Centered Care on April 27th, and Hear from the
2010 Rosalinde Gilbert Innovations in Alzheimer's Disease Caregiving Legacy Awardees on April
28th.
For more information and registration, visit: American Society on Aging.
2011 Alzheimer's Action Summit
May 15 - 17, 2011
The Alzheimer's Association Alzheimer's Action Summit is being held in Washington, D.C. next
year. The summit is an informative event to learn about Alzheimer's disease, networking
opportunities, and create dialogue about this important issue. The conference also attracts
professionals from diverse disciplines who are interested in learning about advocacy efforts.
For more information and registration, visit: Alzheimer's Association.
Research and Practice
Apps Design to Assist Caregivers
A recent article by Anya Martin in The Wall Street Journal focused on the challenges
faced by older adult children who are taking care of an aging relative and the introduction of
new affordable apps that are designed to assist the busy caregiver. The author explains how the
tech market has seen an increase of growing smartphone apps that are designed to assist
caregivers in tracking their care recipient's medical appointments, medication management, and
other caregiving related responsibilities. The article explores several available applications
among the current 8,700 health-related applications available to smartphone users.
For more information, visit: The Wall Street Journal
Call for Submission: 2011 Healthy Living Innovation Awards
The Healthy Living Innovation Awards is an opportunity for organizations to showcase
their effective health promotion efforts for improving the well-being and health of the community
they serve. Eligible programs that are utilizing new outreach tools or implementing innovative
strategies to an existing tool are encouraged to apply. Applications can be submitted from
January 18 through March 1, 2011.
For more information, visit: The
Healthy Living Innovation Awards.
Health And Human Services Revises Rule For Hospital Visiting Procedures
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced a final rule
mandating that hospitals have written policies and procedures explaining to all patients their
right to choose who may visit them during their inpatient stay as well as their right to withdraw
consent for visitation at any time. The rules mean that patients will have the right to choose
their own visitors during a hospital stay, including a visitor who is a same-sex domestic
partner. The rules update the Conditions of Participation that all Medicare and Medicaid-
participating hospitals and critical access hospitals must meet. Hospitals are also required to
explain in their written policies the circumstances under which the hospital may restrict patient
access to visitors based on reasonable clinical needs.
For more information, visit: U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services.
New Report Explores AAA's Readiness To Serve LGBT Seniors
A recent report "Ready to Serve: The Aging Network and LGB and T Older Adults" provides a glimpse
into the Aging Network's experience and readiness to serve the LGBT senior community. Respondents
from 45 states and regions nationwide participated in the May 2010 study that interviewed
directors of the Area Agency on Aging (AAA) and directors of State Units on Aging. Highlights
from the report indicate that one-third of the agencies provided or funded some type of LGBT
aging training to staff while only a few agencies were providing LGBT specific services and/or
outreach.
To see the full report, visit: "Ready to Serve: The Aging Network and LGB and T Older Adults".
New Website Addresses Workplace Flexibility
The Sloan Center on Aging and Work at Boston College recently launched a website focused on
workplace flexibility. Workplace flexibility (or lack thereof) is an issue faced by many family
caregivers and this website provides information for employees and employers, including case
studies, types of flexibility, challenges in implementing flexibility in the workplace, and the
benefits of flexibility for employees and employers.
For more information, visit: The Sloan Center on Aging and Work at Boston College.
Senate Special Committee On Aging Holds Forum On Alzheimer's Disease
The Senate Special Committee on Aging held a forum on December 8, 2010, about Alzheimer's
disease and its impact on families. Kathy Greenlee, the Assistant Secretary of the Administration
on Aging (AoA), testified about programs to support caregivers who are caring for loved ones with
Alzheimer's disease. AoA is currently working with 16 states to field test nine evidence-based
caregiver interventions. Patricia Grady, the Director of the National Institute of Nursing
Research at the National Institutes of Health, explained her agency's efforts to support the
estimated 10.9 million caregivers who are serving patients with Alzheimer's. She highlighted a
NINR-funded study focused on an evidence-based, nurse practitioner-guided intervention for
patients with Alzheimer's disease (or other dementia) and their caregivers.
For more information, visit: U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging.
FCA Blogs!
Baby Boomer Caregiver Use of Technologies and Social Media Increasing
By Kathleen Kelly - FCA Executive Director, on January 11th, 2011
On January 10th, two studies were released that examined the role of technology and family
caregiving. The studies, "Home Tweet Home: The Age Lesson Boomer Social Media Study" (Age
Lessons) and "e-Connected Family Caregivers: Bringing Caregiving into the 21st Century"
(UnitedHealthcare, National Alliance for Caregiving) looked at how caregivers look at social
media and caregiver receptivity to technologies.
"Home Tweet Home?" used a panel of identified baby boomer caregivers who had visited at least
one caregiver sites to determine how they used their time on the web. Continue reading the blog.
Innovations Clearinghouse on Family Caregiving
For additional research-based information and informed practices, visit FCA's Innovations Clearinghouse/Online Technical Assistance Center. Search
the Clearinghouse to identify best practices, specific
tools and policy & advocacy efforts; connect with fellow professionals from the aging networks;
and request specialized technical assistance.
Give Us Your Feedback
You can further shape the content of the Newsletter and the activities of the Technical
Assistance Centers by telling us about your areas of interest.
Please respond to our brief questionnaire here.
Lifespan Respite News
ARCH Selects Four States to Host Lifespan Respite Summits
Last fall, ARCH solicited applications from collaborative partnerships between state
government agencies, state respite coalitions/organizations, and Aging and Disability Resource
Centers to hold statewide Lifespan Respite Summits in states that do not yet have a federal
Lifespan Respite Grant and have not previously held an ARCH-sponsored Summit. The purpose of the
summit is to bring together diverse public and private groups and family caregivers with similar
respite interests to learn about the federal Lifespan Respite program, states' best practices,
building state respite coalitions, and to help assist the state in planning its own Lifespan
Respite system. The four states that were selected and the details of their upcoming State
Lifespan Respite Summits are:
| State |
Summit Location |
Date |
Contact |
| Georgia |
Atlanta |
Monday, Feb. 21 (tentative) |
Robert Bell
Dept of Behavioral Health and
Developmental Disabilities,
Division of Developmental Disabilities
robell1@dhr.state.ga.us |
| Montana |
Helena |
Wednesday, March 9 |
Doug Blakley,
Aging Services Bureau,
Senior and Long Term Care Division-DPHHS
dblakley@mt.gov |
| Ohio |
Columbus |
Friday, March 4 |
Pat Luchkowsky
Director of Public Affairs
Easter Seals of Ohio
p.luchkowsky@esohio.org
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| Virginia |
Richmond
(and videoconferencing
locations, TBD) |
Thursday, March 17 |
Ellen Nau
Virginia Department for the Aging
Ellen.Nau@vda.virginia.gov
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If you, or state affiliates or members of national organizations, would like to participate in
any of these events or help in planning, please feel free to email the state contact. For more
information, contact Jill Kagan, ARCH Program Director, at jbkagan@verizon.net or by phone at
(703) 256-2084.
AoA Plans to Release FY 11 Lifespan Respite Program Announcement in Early Spring
The next program announcement for available grant funds for FY 2011 for the Lifespan Respite
Program is expected to be released by the US Administration on Aging in early spring. Eligible
state agencies include the agency which administers the Older Americans Act, the State Medicaid
Agency, or an agency designated by the governor. The program requires the involvement of a state
respite coalition or state respite organization, as well as an Aging and Disability Resource
Center. If you are interested in having your state apply for funding, it is never too early to
prepare by building partnerships and compiling the necessary information. To help you get
started, visit the ARCH National Respite Network and its Technical Assistance Center on Lifespan
Respite for a Toolkit on Lifespan Respite, and to view Webinars "Lifespan Respite 101" or "Tools for
Collaboration." ARCH also has a workbook to help you build a State Respite Coalition. For more information,
contact ARCH Staff or Greg Link at the
Administration on Aging.
Lifespan Respite Care Program Reauthorization Input Requested
AoA is soliciting input for the reauthorization of the Lifespan Respite Care Program (LRCP).
The LRCP was authorized by Congress in December 2006. In 2011, Congress will consider
reauthorization of the LRCP effective in FY 2012. In anticipation of this process, AoA is
soliciting input concerning the reauthorization via the AoA web site at http://www.aoa.gov/AoAroot/AoA_Programs/HCLTC/LRCP/Reauthorization/Index.aspx.
AoA encourages anyone who wants to provide input into the reauthorization of the Program
to submit their ideas and suggestions. The deadline for submission of input is March 31,
2011.
Wanted: A National Respite System
A recent blog post in the New York Times, The New Old Age, entitled Wanted: A National Respite System (December 31, 2010) by Karen
Stabiner, highlighted the federally-funded Lifespan Respite program, bringing it new national
attention. The especially compelling comments, many of them sharing personal caregiving stories
about the value of respite, accompany the blog post. The Times continues to welcome your comments
to the Post. The more comments that are received, the more likely it will be that the Times will
continue to write about the need for respite.
Save the Date!
The 2011 National Lifespan Respite Conference and Grantee Meeting will be held in Glendale,
AZ, November 1-4, 2011. The conference will be hosted by the AZ Caregiver Coalition and the AZ
Lifespan Respite Care Network in collaboration with the ARCH National Respite Network. The theme
of the national conference is the Many Faces of Respite, celebrating cultural diversity
among the nation's family caregivers and in the innovative delivery of respite services. The full
conference will be preceded by a Pre-Conference Intensive, a State Summit on Lifespan
Respite, on November 1, 2011. The Summit is intended for stakeholders from across Arizona to
work on building a better network for caregivers seeking respite care across the lifespan. The
conference will also be followed by a Lifespan Respite Grantee and Partner Meeting on November 4,
which is intended for all state Lifespan Respite grantee agencies and their primary stakeholders
to have an opportunity to network, share information and resources, and engage in more in-depth
discussion on Lifespan Respite system design and service delivery. There is no charge for the
one-day grantee meeting. Stay tuned for the "Call for Papers" and additional logistical
information. For more information, contact David Besst, AZ Division of Aging and Adult Services
at 602-542-6431 or email dbesst@azdes.gov.
Give ARCH your Feedback
We Need Your Input! The AoA funded Lifespan Respite Training and Technical Assistance Project
of the ARCH National Respite Network and Resource Center would greatly appreciate your input in
planning its training and TA activities. Please take a moment to respond to our online
questionnaire by clicking here.
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Alliance. All Rights
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