Public Policy & Action

• Federal Budget
• Older Americans Act Reauthorization
• Long-Term Services & Supports
  • Medicaid Home & Community-Based Services
  • Duals Integration & Managed LTSS
  • Caregivers
  • LTSS Webinars
• Advocacy Toolkit

Resources

For Professionals

• President Releases Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Proposal
• Next Steps in the Federal Budget Debate
• Federal Budget Debates Leave Falls Prevention Funding Hanging
• Side-by-Side Comparison of House and Senate FY14 Budget Resolutions
• Balancing Incentive Program: Highlighting State Approaches and Progress
• Immigration Reform: Key Issues for Older Adults, Individuals with Disabilities, and Home and Community-Based Services - Past Event

For Older Adults and Caregivers

• Fiscal Cliff Deal: What It Means for Seniors

For Advocates

• President Releases Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Proposal
• Next Steps in the Federal Budget Debate
• Development of the Home and Community Based Services Experience Survey - Past Event
• Preventing Funding Cuts for Healthy Aging Programs: What You Can Do to Help - Past Event

Long-Term Services & Supports

Few of us dream of spending our later years in a nursing home. Yet millions of older adults do—simply because they can’t get or pay for the care they need at home.

We’re leading a national, collaborative effort between the aging and disability organizations to make it easier for individuals to get help with daily living—right in their own homes and communities.

What are LTSS?

Long-term services and supports (LTSS) help older adults and people with disabilities accomplish everyday tasks that many of us take for granted. Tasks like bathing, getting dressed, fixing meals, and managing a home.

As our population ages, the number of individuals needing this kind of help is projected to double. Long-term services and supports allow millions of individuals to live healthy, secure, and independent.

Protecting LTSS for People in Need

NCOA leads a national coalition of aging and disability organizations, called the Friday Morning Collaborative, which is working to protect LTSS for those who need it.

The collaborative helped ensure that the Affordable Care Act includes provisions to expand LTSS through Medicaid and other programs. Now, we’re working to make sure that these provisions are put in place in states nationwide.

Learn More

Find out more about the following programs:

• Medicaid Home & Community-Based Services
• Balance Incentive Payments Program
• Community First Choice Option
• Medicaid HCBS State Plan Option
• Duals Integration & Managed LTSS
  
• Caregivers

want to live in a country where

older adults don't have to choose between paying for medicine or food.