Featured Research
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Care Coordination & Older Adults Issue Brief by Eldercare Workforce Alliance (EWA) & National Coalition on Care Coordination (N3C)
Issue Briefs
Care coordination has emerged as a promising element of successful health care and long-term service delivery models. It unites a team of providers to meet individual needs, improves health care access and outcomes, and synchronizes the variety of long-term services and supports. In these models, a care coordinator works closely with the individual, family caregivers, primary care provider, and other health care professionals to improve communication, resulting in improved individual well-being and outcomes.
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National Health Service Corps Guide for Geriatrics & Gerontology Providers
EWA Research
The Eldercare Workforce Alliance (EWA) has created a guide to assist geriatrics and gerontology primary care clinicians interested in applying for the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (NHSC LRP) and for sites interested in becoming a NHSC-approved site. NHSC-approved primary care specialties include geriatrics and gerontology for clinicians who are otherwise eligible to apply to the NHSC LRP.
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Sequestration, Older Adults, and the Eldercare Workforce
Issue Briefs
As policymakers consider the impact of the automatic across-the-board cuts, or “sequester,” as mandated by the Budget Control Act (BCA), the Eldercare Workforce Alliance (EWA) explores how the sequester and/or alternatives under consideration would affect services for older adults and the supply of qualified professionals available to care for them.
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John A. Hartford Foundation Public Poll: “How Does It Feel? The Older Adult Health Care Experience”
Member Research
This most recent poll by the John A. Hartford foundation looks at the opinions of older adults on topic such as satisfaction with health care, availability of health benefits, and the importance of geriatrics education.
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