New Research: Applying an equity lens to assess context and implementation in public health and health services research and practice using the PRISM framework frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… #HealthServices

Living in the southern US and looking to get involved in #disability action? Learn more about the work done by New Disabled South across 14 states at: newdisabledsouth.org #IDGS #IncludingDisability #2023DisabilitySummit #HopePunk

Attending #ARM23 in Seattle this June? Have an interest in #healthworkforce, #nursing, #ruralhealth or #LTSS topics? Join this exciting multi-IG party as part of our + WWAMI RHRC anniversary celebration! eventbrite.com/e/multi-intere… #IRGNI #AHWorkforceIG #AHLongTermIG

Canadian researchers, Drs. Tarzi, Mendoza Yona Lunsky & Laura St.John, PhD surveyed families of people w intellectual & developmental #disabilities about their concerns for their family members in late 2020 & again in mid '22. Three consistent themes emerged. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Congratulations to Dr. Ellesse Akre PhD she/her/hers on receiving a Best of ARM award for her work to create measures that capture how well primary care practices adopt processes that improve care for LGBTQ+, POC, and immigrant patients. 🎉🎉🎉🎉

How do Medicaid & commercial plans cover mABs for #Alzheimers? Our AcademyHealth #ARM23 poster, led by A. Alex Levine, looked at coverage policies for #Aduhelm as an example. Full text in Alzheimer's & Dementia Journals alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/al… James Chambers Alzheimer's Association #Leqembi

"What if I told you that in my Indigenous community, Diné (Navajo) ancestral teachings of disability are a relational concept that embodies a sophisticated value system of care? " - Sandra Yellowhorse (IG @/the_yellow_sea_horse) disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2023/06/18/ind…

Apply to the #LTSS interest group advisory committee! Amazing group of aging and disability researchers and advocates AcademyHealth

Dollars spent on HCBS go further than those spent on nursing homes, study finds. mcknightsseniorliving.com/home/news/doll… JAGS David Grabowski Brian McGarry #assistedliving

Fourth in a series supported by CHCF is our latest equity analysis on California’s In-home Supportive Services (IHSS) Program. We examine what aspects of the program either give rise to or can be used to address inequities. justiceinaging.org/issue-brief-we…

This week has been among the most horrifying in recent American legal history. Some of us can feel swallowed up by that horror. Incapacitated by it. And I think that, for a little while, it’s okay. If this sounds like you, here’s a bit from #CripNegativity that might be useful.

Join our upcoming webinar to learn how to evaluate home and community-based care programs to ensure that they do not perpetuate inequities resulting from systemic racism, ageism, ableism, classism, sexism, xenophobia, and homophobia. Register: bit.ly/44EGu0K

🚨Recap: A VERY disappointing outcome. The Health Disparities committee admitted to NOT include anyone with a disclosed disability, yet made a significant decision on behalf of our community - they did not recommend the 'health disparity designation' be given to people with disabilities.

Interested in learning about how to integrate implementation science and practice into your aging research embedded within a health system? Join us October 4-6 in Charlotte, NC! The John A. Hartford Foundation HAPFellows West Health Register here: oaic.regfox.com/r13-implementa…

Variation in language services to those w/ #LimitedEnglishProficiency Commonwealth Fund: "Standardizing language access requirements at the federal level, while providing additional guidance and resources to increase efficiency in SBM operations..." Read: commonwealthfund.org/publications/i…

A few months in the making... & now finally ready: The Anti-Colonial Research Library hosts 400+ open-access articles and books, websites, YouTube videos on practical examples of Indigenous and anti-colonial research methodologies. Use and share widely! anticolonialresearchlibrary.org

Proud of the new 2023 LTSS State Scorecard which measures states’ #LTC systems using 5 components: Affordability and Access; Choice of Setting and Provider; Safety & Quality; Support for Family #Caregivers; Community Integration. #LTSSscorecard ltsschoices.aarp.org/scorecard-repo…

This is BAD #CripTheVote