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‘Uncharted waters.’ DeWine, state must rescue Ohioans battling hunger, inflation | Our View, Columbus Dispatch, July 31, 2022
Letters: SNAP benefits to be slashed soon. Elderly will turn to food pantries to stay fed. Columbus Dispatch, June 13, 2022
Ohio Association of Area Agencies on Aging, Medical Mutual Award Innovative Programs for Older Ohioans – June 7, 2022
Historically underfunded, home and community-based care in Ohio finally will get $517 million boost– Columbus Dispatch, September 30, 2021
Nursing homes spent at least $6 million on Ohio politics in five years, Ohio Capital Journal, April 19, 2021
This new law means many more Ohio officials are watching out for elder abuse. Here’s why it was passed, Dayton Daily News, September 29, 2018
- Malnutrition is a leading cause of illness, death among seniors, Columbus Dispatch, September 2, 2018
- State and Local Groups Join Walgreens On Fall Injury Prevention, WTVG, August 3, 2018
- Central Ohio Resident Larke Recchie Appointed to AARP Ohio Executive Council, AARP Ohio, September 6, 2017.
Older adults need our support-Columbus Dispatch, June 2, 2017
- Who will provide aging Ohioans with long-term care, and who will pay? Columbus Dispatch, September 7, 2016
- Many seniors not eating well enough, Columbus Dispatch, January 11, 2016
- Letter to the Editor: Independent-living plan got high marks, Columbus Dispatch, January 23, 2013
o4a Press Releases
Ohio Association of Area Agencies on Aging, Medical Mutual Award Innovative Programs for Older Ohioans, June 8, 2022
- Ohio Association of Area Agencies on Aging Response to House Bill 110 (as passed by the General Assembly), June 29, 2021
- Ohio Association of Area Agencies on Aging Response to Substitute House Bill 110, April 14, 2021
New Report: Ohio’s Area Agencies on Aging Respond to COVID-19, October 12, 2020
o4a Statement on Dewine Administration and General Assembly Actions – March 27, 2020
- Ohio Association of Area Agencies on Aging Unveils 2018 Award Winners: Representatives LaTourette and Sykes, COHHIO Director Are Among Those Celebrated for Serving Older Ohioans – November 1, 2018
- Ohio Association of Area Agencies on Aging Unveils 2017 Award Winners: Ohio AG Elder Justice Initiative Director, Veterans Affairs Medical Director, Athens County Department of Job and Family Services Are Among Those Celebrated for Serving Older Ohioans – November 16, 2017
- Senior Services Levies Receive Overwhelming Community Support Amid Growing Need – November 8, 2017
- Ohio Association of Area Agencies on Aging: Response to Governor’s SFY 2018-2019 Budget – January 30, 2017
- Aging Network Praises New Investment for Protection for Seniors – June 16, 2015
Day 1 – Webinar Recording
Additional Materials:
Aging Network
- Area Agencies on Aging Overview
- Find an Area Agency on Aging in Ohio
- Ohio Department of Aging State Plan
Aging Trends
- 2020 Older Americans Profile
- American Community Survey Reports: The Population 65 Years and older in the United States 2016
- Scripps Gerontology Center Population Data
Medicare
- NAIC Consumer Alert: Truth about MediGap Changes Next Year
- Ohio Department of Insurance: Complete Guide to Long Term Care Insurance
- Ohio Long Term Care Insurance Basics
- Medicare & You 2022 (CMS)
- OSHIIP Medicare Brochure
- OSHIIP Medicare 101 Powerpoint
- OSHIIP: Medicare 101 (2022)
- OSHIIP: Medicare Part D (2022)
- OSHIIP: Ohio Medicare Savings Programs (2022)
Social Security
- 2022 Understanding the Extra Help with Your Medicare Prescription Drug Plan
- 2022 Social Security Changes – Cost of Living Adjustment
- Social Security and Medicare Update – 2021
- ProSeniors: Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
- ProSeniors: Social Security Disability
- ProSeniors: Social Security Retirement
- Social Security: Compassionate Allowances
- Social Security: Same Sex Couples
Day 2 – Webinar Recording
Current Events Presentation – Beth Kowalczyk
- o4a Advocacy
- o4a Statement and Pledge Against Racism
- AAAs at Work: COVID-19 Report
- Reframing Aging Initiative
- USAging 2022 Policy Priorities
- Department of Aging Strategic Action Plan on Aging
- CMS Health Equity Fact Sheet
Medicaid in Ohio
- 2022 Medicaid Standards Help Sheet – January 2022
- Next Generation Medicaid Fact Sheet
- ProSeniors: Assisted Living
- Ohio Assisted Living Explanation
- Ohio Department of Aging Program Profile: Assisted Living Waiver
- Ohio Long Term Care Consumer Guide – Ohio Department of Aging
- HOME Choice Fact Sheet
- ProSeniors: Medicaid for Nursing Facility Residents
- ProSeniors: Qualified Income Trusts
- ProSeniors: Medicaid Estate Recovery
- Ohio Department of Medicaid: Estate Recovery
- Medicaid Estate Recovery – Council on Aging of Southwestern Ohio
- ProSeniors: PASSPORT
- PASSPORT Listing of Medicaid/SSI Standards – Effective 3/1/2022
- PASSPORT Consumer Direction
- MyCare Ohio Fact Sheet
- FAQ: Specialized Recovery Services (SRS) Program
Senior Levy Programs
- Using Local Initiatives to Fund In-Home Services: Ohio Leads the Nation – Scripps Gerontology Center, June 2021
- Locally Funded Services for the Older Population: A Description of Senior-Service Property-Tax Levies in Ohio – Scripps Gerontology Cewnter, January 2012
- Should your address determine access to aging services? An analysis of Senior Tax Levies in Ohio – Center for Community Solutions, February 2018
Other State Programs
- Home Energy Assistance Application
- Office of Consumers Counsel: HEAP Guidelines
- ProSeniors: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
- Ohio Benefits – online application for SNAP food assistance, Medicaid and Ohio Works First
- Ohio Department of Aging: Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman
- Ohio Department of Aging: STLCO Fact Sheet
- Adult Protective Services – Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
- ODJFS Adult Protective Services Fact Sheet
- ProSeniors: Elder Abuse & Adult Protective Services
- State APS Online Reporting Tool
- Healthy U – Ohio Department of Aging
- Steady U – Ohio Department of Aging
- Golden Buckeye Card – Ohio Department of Aging
- Kinship Care Guide – Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
- Ohio Lifeline Telephone Program – Office of Consumers Counsel
Ohio Association of Area Agencies on Aging
Administration for Community Living -federal agency implementing the Older Americans Act
Ohio Senior Health Insurance Information Program (OSHIIP)
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services– federal agency that oversees Medicaid and Medicare
Social Security Administration
ProSeniors– administers free legal hotline for older adults in Ohio; includes helpful fact sheets
Ohio Legal Help – legal aid resources
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Nursing homes are only one part of the continuum of services that support older adults in Ohio; the others are also under water. #CareCantWait #HCBS https://www.cleveland.com/open/2022/12/nursing-homes-get-615-million-in-last-minute-change-by-ohio-house-bill-returns-to-senate.html
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Thx to Area Agency on Aging, PSA 2 for hosting a Provider Roundtable in Dayton yesterday. Themes: provider desire to provide quality service to help those in need, individuals' ability to be engaged and connected, & losing trained staff to higher paying providers like NFs.
2More coverage of the Area Agencies on Aging Provider Roundtables highlighting the direct care workforce crisis and solutions: https://www.heraldstaronline.com/news/local-news/2022/11/area-agency-on-aging-region-9-inc-holds-roundtable-on-workforce-crisis/