Funded by the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation
Home and Community-Based Services
The
Home and Community-Based Services Working Group met throughout
Spring 2010 to study and develop recommendations to improve the
availability, quality and affordability of home and community-based
services for older West Virginians and adults with disabilities.
The working group:
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Compiled information on home and community-based services in West
Virginia;
● Analyzed state aged and
disabled funding including Medicaid waiver programs;
● Reviewed and built upon the past work
of Vision Shared's Long-Term
Care Taskforce Report and the Public Consulting Group's “Money
Follows the Person” and Long Term Care System Rebalancing Study;
and
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Identified short and long-term policy recommendations regarding home
and community-based services in West Virginia.
At the June 2010 Partner Summit, presentations based on the following materials were presented.
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Summary
of Report and Recommendations
●
Final Report and
Recommendations
Working Group Membership
CHAIR: Sherry Shuman, PhD, West Virginia Center for Excellence in Disabilities STAFF: Renate Pore, PhD, West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy • MEMBERS: Mary W. Carter, Ph.D., Center on Aging & Department of Community Medicine, West Virginia University School of Medicine • Marcus Canaday, Aged and Disabled Waiver, Bureau for Medical Services, Office of Home and Community Based Services • Nancy Cartmill, West Virginia Assisted Living Association • Jan Derry, Northern West Virginia Center for Independent Living • David Forinash • Karen Glazier, Cabin Creek Health Systems • R. Turner Goins, PhD, West Virginia University Center on Aging • Eric Hicks, Right At Home • Mary J. Huntley, MPH, CAMC Health Education and Research Institute • Mark Knabenshue, Committee for Hancock County Senior Citizens • Shannon L. Landrum,Governor's Office of Health Enhancement and Lifestyle Planning • Jan Lilly-Stewart, MA, Fair Shake Network • Ann Watts McDaniel, West Virginia Statewide Independent Living Council • Tina Maher, Office of the Inspector General/Olmstead, Department of Health and Human Resources • Jamie Hayhurst Marshall, West Virginia University Center for Excellence in Disabilities • Gaylene Miller, AARP West Virginia • Kelli Phelps, MSW, LCSW, Marshall University • Jesse Samples, West Virginia Health Care Association • Kelly W. Shivel, SarahCare Adult Day Services • David Stewart, Eastlake Derry and Associates • Ann Stottlemyer • Jenni Sutherland, West Virginia Bureau of Senior Services • Jack Tanner, Raleigh County Commission on Aging • Nancy Tyler, JD, House Health Committee, West Virginia Legislature • Steve Wiseman, Developmental Disabilities Council