Sunday, April 20, 2025
4/20/2025
AGING AND DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTERS: EMPOWERING INDIVIDUALS TO NAVIGATE THEIR HEALTH AND LONG-TERM SUPPORT OPTIONS - Virginia's No Wrong Door initiative strives to streamline access to information and to public/private long-term services and supports for seniors and adults with disabilities - maximizing opportunities to live at home and engage in community life. The Virginia Department for the Aging proposes to develop new NWD/ADRC communities and significantly enhance existing ADRC operations in partnership with the Department of Medical Assistance Services, Department of Rehabilitative Services, Virginia Hospital/Healthcare Association, Area Agencies on Aging, Centers for Independent Living, and hospitals. The goals of this project are to: 1) Expand geographically growing closer to statewide coverage of Virginia's NWD/ADRC model of service delivery; 2) Expand functionally enhancing NWD/ADRC technology for optimal use by disability service providers; and 3) Expand collaboratively developing best practices in coordination of transition planning for NWD/ADRCs and hospital discharge planners. Objectives include: Establishing four new NWD/ADRC communities; enhancing technology to improve service coordination for people with disabilities; conducting feasibility studies to interface with hospital discharge planning information systems and the SHIP reporting system; developing protocols for coordinating transition/service plans in five existing NWD/ADRC communities; cultivating a statewide approach to foster education about and support for person-centered care coordination; and developing a marketing plan for NWD/ADRC communities. Some of the expected outcomes include: four new ADRCs serving 23 additional localities; an increase in individuals served through ADRCs; the addition of five CILs and ten DRS case managers utilizing the ADRC technology; five ADRCs collaborating with discharge planners at 15 hospitals, resulting in a reduction in readmissions; increased consumer/caregiver understanding of options when leaving a hospital; and increased consumer satisfaction and provider efficiency.
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