June 22, 2023
The Boost News
Disability Scoop reports that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is issuing a collection of new resources to help state Medicaid and partner agencies design and deliver services for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) and their aging caregivers. (Sorry, that was a mouthful.)
The documents, of which there are four, are also neat summaries of federal policies; include interesting examples of work being done by specific states; and are chock full of important statistics.
For instance, 61% – nearly 800,000 – of all adults receiving home and community-based services (HCBS) through their state intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) agency live at home with family. Additionally, an estimated one million households in the U.S. include an adult with I/DD living with and supported by an aging caregiver, and this number is growing fast.
The documents are:
- How State Agencies Can Anticipate and Meet the Needs of Adults with I/DD and Their Aging Caregivers (which boils down to the need for data and knowing how to use that data to strategize.
- State Policies and Practices to Support Aging Caregivers of Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- State Policies and Practices to Support Person-Centered Planning Across the Lifespan for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Their Aging Caregivers
- State Spotlights: Supporting Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Their Aging Caregivers