by James Fuccione | Sep 25, 2024 | News and Updates
The organization Honoring Choices Massachusetts has announced the Who is Your Health Care Agent? consumer handout, which offers three simple steps to choose a Health Care Agent, complete a Health Care Proxy, and share your Proxy with your medical providers and others....
by James Fuccione | Sep 11, 2024 | News and Updates
There are 312,000 older adults and people living with disabilities in the Commonwealth who are enrolled in both MassHealth (Massachusetts’ name for two programs combined: Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program) and Medicare. Up to 40 percent of people...
by James Fuccione | Jun 12, 2024 | News and Updates
The Healey-Driscoll Administration awarded $1.1 million in grants to acute care hospitals and Aging Services Access Points (ASAPs) across Massachusetts to expand the Hospital to Home Partnership Program. The program provides specialized expertise to hospitals to...
by James Fuccione | May 1, 2024 | Data and Reports, News and Updates
Long term services and supports (LTSS) are the critical services and supports that people with disabilities and chronic conditions of all ages use to meet their daily living needs, remain independent, and participate in their communities. A new primer provides a...
by James Fuccione | Feb 28, 2024 | Data and Reports, News and Updates
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Administration for Community Living (ACL), announced several new initiatives and resources from ACL’s Direct Care Workforce (DCW) Strategies Center to address the dire shortage of professionals who...
