Abbreviations
HCBS Waivers: Home and Community Based Services Wavers
LTC: Long Term Care
PACE: Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly

Materials to Review

• Adult Day Care/Day Health
• Assisted Living
• Aging Network Program Service Definitions (OAA)
• Area Agencies on Aging: A Link to Services for Older Adults and Their Caregivers (N4A)
• Case/Care Management (AoA)
• Cash & Counseling Demonstration (University of Maryland)
• Cash & Counseling Program (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
• Eldercare Locator
• Health & Long-term Care Costs (AoA)
• HCBS: Clearinghouse for the Community Living Exchange Collaborative
• Home & Community-Based Long-term Care Services (AARP Research)
• Home & Community Based Services (AoA)
• Long Term Care Services in the States (AoA)
• Long Term Care Information & Resources (Medicare)
• Long Term Care Ombudsman Program (Administration on Aging)
• Medicaid Home & Community Based Services (HCBS) Waiver Program
• Myths and Realities of Consumer-Directed Services for Older Persons
• National Family Caregiver Support Program (AoA)
• New Freedom Initiative (CMS)
• Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (CMS - See also Medicare and Health)
• Promising Practices in Home & Community-based Services (CMS)
• Promoting Consumer Direction in Aging Services (NASUA, NCOA and RWJF)
• Respite
• Senior Centers/Community Centers
• Services for Seniors (Administration on Aging)
• Understanding Long Term Care Insurance (AARP)
• Understanding Medicaid Home & Community-based Services - A Primer (DHHS)

Additional Online Resources
Directories

• Directory of Long Term Care Ombudsmen (National Long Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center)
• National Respite Locator Service
• State-by-State HCBS Websites

Government

• Administration on Aging
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
• Federal LTC Insurance Program
• United States Department of Health & Human Services

Organizations

• American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA)
• ARCH National Respite Network
• AARP Research Center
• Family Caregiver Alliance
• HCBS:The Community Living Exchange Collaborative (funded by CMS)
• Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
• National Adult Day Services Association
• National Alliance of Caregiving
• National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
• National Association for Regulatory Administration
• National Association of State Units on Aging
• National Council on the Aging
• National LTC Ombudsman Resource Center Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Articles and Resources

• Adult Day Services
• NADSA Guide to Selecting an Adult Day Center
• The Effects of Cash & Counseling on Personal Care Services and Medicaid Costs in Arkansas (Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.)
• Respite for Persons with Alzheimer's Disease or Related Dementia