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

• Aging Network and the Older Americans Act
• Area Agencies on Aging (N4A)
• Eldercare Locator
• HCBS: Clearinghouse for the Community Living Exchange Collaborative
• Home & Community-Based Long-term Care Services (AARP Research)
• Home & Community Based Long-Term Care (AoA)
• Lifespan Respite Care Program (AoA)
• Long Term Care Planning (AoA)
• Long Term Care Information & Resources (Medicare)
• Long Term Care Ombudsman Program (AoA)
• Medicaid Home & Community Based Services (HCBS) Waiver Program
• Myths and Realities of Consumer-Directed Services for Older Persons
• National Family Caregiver Support Program (AoA)
• National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services
• New Freedom Initiative (CMS)
• Paying for Long-Term Care (National Clearinghouse for Long-Term Care Information)
• Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (CMS)
• Promising Practices in Home & Community-based Services (CMS)
• Senior Centers/Community Centers (AoA)
• Understanding Medicaid Home & Community-based Services - A Primer (DHHS)

Additional Online Resources
Directories

• 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
• 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
• Cash & Counseling