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Focus on Texas: Caregiver Assessments

Speakers
Jefffery Seider, Chief of Staff for Access and Intake at DADS
Patricia Bordie, Manager for Special Projects at DADS
Lisa Akers-Owen, Manager of Community Services Policy and Curriculum Development
Sue Fielder, Manager of Contract Accountability and Oversight

Family Caregiver Alliance sponsored a webinar on September 20th focused on the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) and efforts to implement a caregiver status questionnaire in its Medicaid functional eligibility determination process for HCBS as well as a caregiver assessment in it Older American Act, Title III-E programs. The process began in 2009.

Participants learned about the legislative history behind the assessment, the department's development and implementation processes, how the tool is used and administered, challenges and lessons learned, and future plans for assessing the program. If you are watching for the first time, be aware this is an archived webinar. Downloadable materials are still available below.

Notes on this webinar

• Download the Powerpoint slides (.pptx)
• Launch full-screen webinar in separate Windows Media Player window. Otherwise, presentation should play below (click "play" if it does not launch automatically. If you do not see player controls, right click to access via the text menu.

Additional materials related to this webinar

1. Question & Answer from the Webinar
2. Texas Caregiver Assessment
3. Texas Caregiver Status Questionnaire
4. Informal Care in Texas: Aging Family Caregiver and their Need for Services and Support (Report written by DADS in October 2009)
5. Rider 38: Delivery of Caregiver Support Services
6. Actual Text of SB 271 as it was enacted
7. Why Assess the Needs of Family Caregivers? (From the Caregivers Count Too! Online Toolkit to Help Practitioners Assess the Needs of Family Caregivers)

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