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News on transforming care for older adults
Recent reporting highlights promising programs
June 01, 2023
Topic
Long-Term Care
Just like everybody else, older adults want to maintain independence as they age. Long-term care is the services and supports that help people with basic daily activities like walking, eating and bathing, and allow them to maintain as much quality of life as possible.
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September 21, 2020
California ranked ninth overall on the 2020 LTSS State Scorecard, maintaining the same rank from 2017. This brief provides an overview of California’s Scorecard performance and key recommendations for transforming its LTSS system to better serve older adults, people with disabilities, and family caregivers.
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October 16, 2019
Californians with Medicare and Medi-Cal have many choices to get the health coverage they need, but choices vary by county. This brief outlines available choices across the state and describes the My Care, My Choice web resource.
What we are working on
Paying for Nonmedical Needs
Medicare beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions and nonmedical needs spend the majority of Medicare dollars. Families struggle to care for older loved ones with these challenges and pay for the substantial out-of-pocket costs.
Advancing Integrated Care
We believe that Medicare and Medi-Cal can work better for people when these programs are combined together. By evaluating projects like Cal MediConnect, we aim to better understand individuals' experiences.