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Caring, Cost-Saving and Credibility in the Commonwealth

- Aging and Disability Business Institute
Categories: Success Stories

Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries living in the Commonwealth of Virginia are receiving extraordinary (and convenient) care through a partnership model that has served thousands since its inception two years ago. This Aging Today article, highlights  the VAAACares (Virginia Area Agencies on Aging—Caring for the Commonwealth) program, which  provides comprehensive care coordination, care transitions and many other services …

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The Power of Three: Collaboration Can Help Stroke Survivors Return to Independence

- Aging and Disability Business Institute
Categories: Success Stories

Although stroke related deaths has decreased substantially in the last few decades, research suggest that acute ischemic stroke hospitalizations rates have increased, as well as stroke risk factors and the prevalence of people who have three to four risk factors. Three agencies in Colorado- the Colorado Visiting Nurse Association (CVNA), Easter seals Colorado and Project …

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Local CBO Learns to Balance its Mission with Business Acumen

- Aging and Disability Business Institute
Categories: Success Stories

The San Francisco Institute on Aging (IOA) began  in 1985 as a nonprofit providing multiple services to older adults, and is best known for its Friendship Line, a volunteer-staffed suicide prevention hotline serving older adults.  With federal funding for discretionary programs on the decline, IOA has pursued additional opportunities in demonstrating the value of these …

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A Right-Minded Partnership Focuses on Healing in Community

- Aging and Disability Business Institute
Categories: Success Stories

This Aging and Disability Business Institute article highlights the enduring relationship between Senior’s Resource Center (SRC) and the Lutheran Medical Center. These Denver, Colo. based centers initiated a pilot partnership that sought out to help older adults suffering from chronic heart failure, avoid hospital readmissions, and to transition successfully back to their communities. The pilot …

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Post-Hospital Respite Program Gives Frail Homeless Elders a Safe Place to Recover

- Aging and Disability Business Institute
Categories: Success Stories

This Aging and Disability Business Institute article features the inspiring story of Bay Area Community Services (BACS), a community-based organization (CBO) in Oakland, California that is leveraging its business acumen training to partner with a large health care system to provide critical post-hospital supports and services to homeless individuals, a particularly complex and difficult-to-engage patient …

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University Group Fosters Integrated Care Collaborations in New Hampshire

- Aging and Disability Business Institute
Categories: Success Stories

University of New Hampshire’s Institute on Disability (IOD) was invited by the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a) and the Administration on Community Living  to join the Trailblazer Learning Collaborative because of its designation as a University Center for Excellence on Developmental Disabilities Education, Research and Service (UCEDD). Laura Davie, director, and Melissa …

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Ability360: Fostering Growth, While Preserving a Service Culture of Dignity and Respect

- Aging and Disability Business Institute
Categories: Success Stories

For over 30 years, Ability360, Arizona’s largest independent living center, based out of Phoenix, has offered and promoted programs designed to empower people with disabilities to take personal responsibility so that they may achieve or continue independent lifestyles within the community. Over the years, Ability360 has been proactive about strategically positioning itself to pursue, and ultimately …

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A Meals Program in Connecticut Keeps Cardiac Patients at Home and Out of the Hospital

- Aging and Disability Business Institute
Categories: Success Stories

Senior Nutrition Services, a division of New Opportunities, Inc., in Waterbury, Connecticut, is a meals and nutrition services provider that is embracing partnerships with the health care sector in order to improve the quality of life of its clients and bolster the sustainability and capacity of the organization. This Aging Today feature article, part of a series …

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Ohio AAA Reveals Lessons Learned From Decades of Managed Care

- Aging and Disability Business Institute
Categories: Success Stories

Direction Home Akron Canton Area Agency on Aging & Disabilities, a private, nonprofit Area Agency on Aging (AAA) serving northeastern Ohio, is a vanguard organization in the movement amongst CBOs to partner with the health care sector to improve the care and quality of life for older adults and individuals with disabilities, and save the system …

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ACL Business Acumen Case Study: Winning the Contract: New Revenue Stream for Community Organizations

- Aging and Disability Business Institute
Categories: Success Stories

The Administration for Community Living (ACL) has released new resources from the Business Acumen Initiative to provide background on this work and to feature case studies from community-based organizations (CBOs) that highlight their activities to secure contracts and develop relationships with partner organizations. Launched in 2012, this program aims to strengthen the aging and disability networks from the …

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