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Nursing Home Transition

 

2021

COVID-19 in Institutions: (STILL) Dying in Place; Saving Lives During Emergencies 

SILVER group; Facilitated by Elissa Ellis, Marcie Roth, Fran Tobin

Guest speaker consumer voices:(why this is important): Melissa Hickson, Ebony Payne

Voices from the Field: Misty Dion PA, Anaya Robinson CO, Sydney Breslow and Vicki Smith NC, Kiersten Onanga IA, German & Shaylin, Partnership, Andy Imparato CA, Andres Gallegos, NCD

7/14/2021

The purpose of this event is to bring together Federal and State Agencies, Centers for Independent Living and People with Disabilities to discuss all the aspects of saving lives during emergencies.  People with disabilities continue to suffer deep losses and disproportionate death during the COVID-19 Pandemic.  Our goal is to bring together all the entities who make up the moving parts of this issue in order to discuss what went wrong; what was done right and most importantly, how to ensure lives are prioritized and saved.

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2020 

Peer Support for Nursing Home Transition

July 2020

A group discussion about Nursing Home Transition.  It includes discussion on Money Follows a Person (MFP) and more.

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Peer Support for Nursing Home Transition in COVID-19

June 2020

 Recording with Captions

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Annual APRIL Conference

Community Transitions 101: Building Blocks for New Programs 

APRIL Conference 2021

Megan Granata, Marquita Facen, and Richard Skerbitz 

In this session, Transition Program staff and developers at the Dayle McIntosh Center will share the tools and experiences they acquired after relaunching DMC's transition services with new staff last summer. The presenters will provide job descriptions, service plans, transition checklists, and other materials - as well as lessons learned - for centers seeking to launch or enhance their own transition services. Come join us for an exciting and empowering discussion of this important ILC core service!

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Navigating the FEMA Emergency Relocation Reimbursement Process

 
2021 
 
Misty Dion, Marci Roth, Ebony Payne, Shaylin Sluzalis, Germán Parodi 
 
This session will address nursing home transition during emergencies. Attendees will learn what works, what doesn't, steps needed in order to be successful when requesting reimbursement from FEMA / State EMAs for your transition work and how to establish an MOU with your State EMA.
 
 
 

Resources from the Presenters

ACL Transition Resources

FEMA Resources

Public Assistance Program and Policy Guide, Version 4, EffectiveJune 1, 2020

Addendum: Delivering Personal Assistance Services in Congregate and Non-Congregate Sheltering

COVID-19 In Nursing Homes Report, May 2021

Save Institutional Lives Via Emergency Relocation (SILVER) task force 

SILVER task force summary 

Call to Action to Governors, June 2020

Dying in Place’ webinar, June 2020

Letter to Congress, Nov 2020

Letter to CMS/ACL,March 2021

NLIHC letter to FEMA, March 2021

Stakeholders forum, July 2021

 Contact: Fran Tobin: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Roads To Freedom Center for Independent Living of North Central PA   

Contact: Misty Dion: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

World Institute on Disability  

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The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies 

InfoGraphic: Life Saving and Life Sustaining Actions Needed Immediately

InfoGraphic: COVID-19 & Institutions (Dec 2020)

Disability Stakeholder Meeting with FEMA Administrator Criswell (Aug 2021)

REPORT: Failures in COVID-19 Response Harm People with Disabilities and Older Adults

Join a Daily COVID-19 Disability Rights Call at 6pm ET 

Contact: Shaylin Sluzalis & Germán Parodi: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Disability Data Advocates Taking Action (DisDATA)           

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Montana Rural InstituteMontana Rural Institute Montana Rural Institute Research Brief:

People with Disabilities Still at Risk in Congregate CareSettings, August 2021

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2020

 

Nursing Facility Evacuation, Relocation & Transition during a Pandemic

Misty Dion, Jodie Baney, Shaylin, Sluzalis, German, and Marcie Roth

Join this experienced team to discuss Institutionalization in disasters, 1135 waiver historyCounty emergency management roles/responsibilities and holding them accountable, Role of Depts. of Health & Human Services and Managed Care Organizations, MFP dollars & CARES Act - good & promising practices during the pandemic, NHT during a pandemic (adapting NHT as a relocation program)

 

 Preserving our Freedom, Ending Institutionalization of People with Disabilities During and After Disasters

The Partnership's Websitewww.disasterstrategies.org

RTF-CILNCP Website: www.cilncp.org

WID Website: www.wid.org

Covid-19 Community Wide Resources 

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link to some long term care covid data in TN! https://www.tn.gov/health/cedep/ncov/data/clusters-in-long-term-care-facilities.html

For folks in Georgia! They have been doing a decent job with data reporting and collection: https://dch.georgia.gov/announcement/2020-10-15/long-term-care-facility-covid-19-report

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2019

Building a Sustainable Nursing Facility Transition (NFT) Program

Sara Grivetti