A pandemic relief package that was expected to funnel $12.7 billion to states to bolster Medicaid home and community-based services actually distributed nearly three times that much in extra funding, ...

Home and Community Based Services, opens a new website HCBS, are services for people with disabilities, funded by Medicaid. HCBS are an alternative to long-term residential institutions for people ...

Federal Medicaid officials are proposing major changes aimed at improving access to home and community-based services for people with disabilities and bolstering the direct support professional ...

US lawmakers should prioritize support for home and community-based services for older people as part of the negotiations on infrastructure bills under way in Congress, Human Rights Watch said today.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Home of the Innocents’ Vice President - Community-Based Services & Prevention Programs Jennifer Mullins joins Maira Ansari during Mental Health Month, to highlight their ...

In September, Malachi received his first wheelchair and has been tearing through his house, exploring his world. Other times, he crawls everywhere to grab toys or cause mayhem in the kitchen. In ...

As policymakers in Washington, D.C., consider the future of essential disability services in West Virginia, it is imperative that we recognize their profound value. Protecting and expanding HCBS is ...

Federal regulators and policy makers have increasingly coaxed long-term care patients and services to migrate more to home- and community-based settings in recent years. Now it’s time to allow ...

One day last year, no nurse arrived to help me out of bed. I’m Charles, a paralyzed veteran, and without ample warning the VA-contracted, home health agency responsible for my care didn’t secure a ...

More than half a million Americans are on waiting lists to receive long-term care in their homes. Most people on these lists have intellectual and developmental disabilities and sometimes need help ...

This study explores the differences in emotional well-being associated with: attending caregiver support services and the perceived need for caregiver support services. The National Survey of Older ...