How CBOs and Healthcare Organizations Can Create Mutually Beneficial Partnerships for Equity

REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT Partnership with healthcare organizations can help community-based organizations (CBOs) achieve financial sustainability—and help healthcare partners deliver ground-level services to address social needs and advance equity. But many CBOs, including those that employ CHWs, and healthcare partners struggle with creating and maintaining those relationships. HealthBegins and the National Association of Community Health …

Health Equity Zones: Opportunities for Plans, Providers & States to Align & Advance Equity by Place

As healthcare payers and systems dial up efforts to address racial and health inequity, it’s crucial to recognize that the social structures that drive inequity typically manifest in places—neighborhoods, communities, or regions—and we can amplify our effectiveness by aligning resources and collaborating with partners in these places. The need to work in concert in communities …

How Livable Communities are Addressing Social Determinants of Health

The next installment of TFAH's 2022 Age-Friendly Public Health Systems training series will focus on how livable communities are addressing social determinants of health. Speakers will share national and local level innovative practices in livable communities and note valuable partnerships with departments of public health. AARP defines a livable community as one “that is safe …

Impact of Workforce Shortages on AAAs and Older Adults: Results from a USAging Poll

USAging members report that one of the biggest challenges facing the Aging Network is the struggle to attract and retain its workforce. In this 30-minute webinar, Traci Wilson, USAging’s Director of Research, will share results from our recent survey of AAAs on their workforce challenges and the impacts they have on agencies and the older …

Building Partnerships to Scale Effective Dementia Care Supports: Indiana University and Indiana’s Area Agencies on Aging

Indiana University (IU) was awarded grant funding in 2020 under the Administration for Community Living Alzheimer’s Dementia Programs Initiative to implement the Caregiver Stress Prevention Bundle (CSPB) for people living …

The John A. Hartford Business Innovation Award: Three Award-Winning AAAs Speak About Their Innovative Health Care Contracts and Partnerships

Each year, The John A. Hartford Foundation Business Innovation Award recognizes community-based organizations that are improving health outcomes and quality of life for older adults and/or persons with disabilities through …

Key Reports On Eldercare Workforce And Caregiving

The Eldercare Workforce Alliance, leading advocate for the workforce that cares for older adults, is sponsoring a webinar to highlight important reports on workforce data, shortages, career ladders, job quality and chronic disease family caregiving. Panelists Amy York, Executive Director, Eldercare Workforce Alliance Jenna Kellerman, Director of Workforce Strategy and Development, LeadingAge Sam Brooks, Director …