Stay tuned for the next LTSS webinar
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The LTSS webinars are opportunities for experts from the field to share information about long-term services and supports for elders and people with disabilities.
Please stay tuned for details regarding the next LTSS webinar. In the meantime, check out the February 2024 webinar, Stronger Together – Dementia Awareness Program.
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Guidance for the dementia care journey
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Hilarity for Charity’s interactive resource, Caregiver Road Trip, addresses challenges that often arise when providing care for someone with dementia.
Covering a range of topics, the resource is geared toward people who are new to the dementia care journey. To that end, the resource:
- Provides a step-by-step guide for obtaining a proper diagnosis from the care recipient’s health care provider
- Recommends tools for researching the costs of home- and community-based services and facility-based care
- Offers tips and checklists to help identify ways of making a care recipient’s home more dementia-friendly
- Highlights the importance of asking people in one’s family or local community to assist with specific tasks
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Disaster reimbursement and assistance
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Applications due: September 2
Learn more about the disaster reimbursement and assistance funding opportunity
In the event of a major disaster in their geographic area, tribal organizations receiving a grant under Title VI of the Older Americans Act may be eligible to apply for disaster reimbursement and assistance funds. Before applying, potential grantees should consult:
- State and local emergency managers
- Administration for Community Living regional staff, if available
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Heathy Alaska Natives Foundation grants
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Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
View the Healthy Alaska Natives Foundation funding opportunity
The Healthy Alaska Natives Foundation—the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium’s charitable arm—offers grants for projects that directly impact Alaska Native people, programs, or places. Preference is given to projects focused on:
- Improved access to care
- Rural health care
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NADRC webinar
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June 4 at 2 p.m. Eastern
Register for the NADRC webinar
Join the National Alzheimer’s and Dementia Resource Center (NADRC) for a virtual panel discussion featuring professionals who develop and implement programs for people with dementia and their caregivers. Panelists will share how their work on such programs is informed by their own experience as family caregivers.
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38th annual NADONA conference
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June 9–12
Jacksonville, Florida
Register for the NADONA conference
“Celebrating the ‘Rock Stars’ of LTC” is the theme of this year’s National Association of Directors of Nursing Administration in Long-Term Care (NADONA) conference. Topic areas include compliance, clinical practice, reimbursement, leadership, and more.
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Compassion in Action 2025
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June 24–25
Washington, DC
Register by May 31 for Compassion in Action 2025
The Jewish Federations of North America’s Center on Aging, Trauma, and Holocaust Survivor Care will host Compassion in Action 2025, a workshop highlighting person-centered, trauma-informed care for elders. General registration ends May 31.
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50th annual USAging Conference and Tradeshow
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July 20–23
Chicago, Illinois
Register for the USAging event
Make plans now to attend this summer’s USAging Conference and Tradeshow. Sessions, workshops, and roundtables will cover topics such as:
- Best practices for engaging with tribes
- Elder justice
- Transportation access in rural and tribal communities
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Send us your news
Do you have news to share about LTSS in Indian Country? Send it to ltssinfo@kauffmaninc.com for possible inclusion in an upcoming newsletter. Contact us with other comments or feedback, too.
About the newsletter
American Indian/Alaska Native Long-Term Services and Supports Solutions is published monthly by the CMS Division of Tribal Affairs to share information, funding opportunities, and resources with LTSS planners, tribal leaders, and supporters.
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