Transcript California Community Choices

Innovation in Practice:
California Community Choices
Karol Swartzlander
August 24, 2011
Never doubt that a small group of
thoughtful committed citizens can
change the world: Indeed it’s the only
thing that ever has.
Margaret Mead
Choices Project Overview
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January 2007- September 2011
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Mission- to increase consumer access
to home and community-based LTSS
and divert persons with disabilities and
older adults from unnecessary
institutionalization through development
of California’s LTSS infrastructure
Choices Project Vision
California will have replicable
and sustainable models that
empower individuals through
enhanced opportunities for
choice and independence.
Environmental Scan 2007-2011
Ongoing and Proliferating Budget Crisis
 Significant Cuts to LTSS
 State Staff Furloughs
 State Hiring Freeze
 New Administration – January 2011
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Four Primary Project Deliverables
Established two Aging and Disability
Resource Connection (ADRC) Programs
 Launched the CalCareNet pilot website
 Commissioned two reports to inform
policy makers, state department officials
and stakeholders (Financing Report
2009, Data Warehouse Report –
forthcoming)
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#1 - Aging and Disability Resource
Connection (ADRC) Partnerships
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Rethinking Service Delivery
AREA AGENCY ON
AGING
+
INDEPENDENT LIVING
CENTER
#2 – CalCareNet Website
Pilot website that serves as a one-stop
shop for information about LTSS
 Promotes informed decisions about
LTSS through education and search
tools to find providers
 Important business solution for increased
consumer demand for online access to
information 24/7
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#3 LTC Financing Study
Home and Community-based LongTerm Care: Recommendations to
improve Access for Californians,
November 2009
Robert Mollica, EdD, and LeslieHendrickson, PhD
#4 – Data Warehouse Study
The Power of Integrated Information:
Benefits and Challenges of
Developing a Long Term Care Data
Warehouse in California,
forthcoming 2011
David Zingmond, MD, PhD; Kathleen Wilber, PhD;
Sutep Laohavanich, MS; and Panayiotis Pelargos, BA
Additional Significant Outputs
California ADRC website
 ADRC Implementation Guide
 Care Transition Implementation Guide
 Numerous products and materials
developed by the local ADRC network
 CalCareNet Marketing Materials
 CalCareNet Usability Study & Report
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Additional Significant Outputs
Secured a total of four new ADRC grants
worth $1.4 million.
 Strengthened two additional ADRCs
 In process under new 2010 grants
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Strengthen options counseling and care
transition services
 Develop infrastructure to expand ADRC
service statewide
 Pilot the use of technology in care transitions
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Project Wrap Up
CalCareNet Feasibility Study
 Formal Release and Distribution of the
Data Warehouse Study Report
 Evaluation Report
 Final Project Report
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Next Steps
Launch Options Counseling grant
 Continue to Support ADRC CTI Efforts
 Promote ADRC model as a bridge
between health and social service
supports.
 Put a stronger focus on consumer
friendly language.
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Next Steps
Develop a strategic plan for statewide
implementation of ADRCs – in
partnership with the State Independent
Living Council
 Continue to disseminate Choices
products
 Continue to promote both the mission
and vision established by the Choices
Advisory Committee
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http://communitychoices.info
Karol Swartzlander
Project Director, California Community Choices
[email protected]