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The Aging and Disability Business Institute's mission is to build and strengthen partnerships between community-based organizations (CBOs) and the health care system—a vision intended to improve the health and well-being of America’s older adults and people with disabilities through improved and increased access to quality services and evidence-based programs. Such access can help older adults and people with disabilities live with dignity and independence in their homes and communities.
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The Aging and Disability Business Institute focuses on preparing, educating, and supporting CBOs and health care payers to collaborate and provide quality care and services. On this page you will find information and resources produced by ASA through this grant including web seminars, articles from ASA's bimonthly newspaper, Aging Today, our quarterly journal, Generations, blog posts and more.
The Aging and Disability Business Institute is funded by The SCAN Foundation, The John A. Hartford Foundation, the Administration for Community Living, the Gary and Mary West Foundation, the Marin Community Foundation, and the Colorado Health Foundation. Under this grant, ASA is collaborating with n4A; other partners include Independent Living Research Utilization (ILRU)/ National Center for Aging and Disability, Partners in Care Foundation, and Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley/Healthy Living Center of Excellence.
ADBI Web Seminars Available as Podcasts!
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ASA is pleased to offer another way to access the educational programming offered through the Aging and Disability Business Institute web seminar series. Thanks to support from The Marin Community Foundation, we are offering a series of podcasts adapted from the web seminars that you can download and listen to anytime: during your commute, at the gym, or anywhere you can stream or play an audio file on your favorite portable audio player. Learn how you can download these podcasts. |
Managed Care Field Guides
New Aging and Disability Business Institute Blog Post
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In an Aging and Disability Business Institute blog post, Nora Super, Chief, Programs & Services, n4a, and Director, Aging and Disability Business Institute, invites organizations to participate in a major survey addressing how community-based organizations across the country are partnering with health care payers and providers at an ever-increasing pace, coming together to bridge the worlds of medical care and social supports to achieve the Triple Aim of better care, improved health, and lower costs. |
Aging Today Supplement
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A supplement to Aging Today, Capturing Lessons Learned from Trailblazers in Integrated Care, was conceived to capture lessons learned from trailblazers in the aging and disability networks, to address common pain points, to share breakthrough strategies in business and partnership development and educate individuals and organizations new to the integrated care space.
This work is crucial because when community-based organizations (CBO) and the healthcare system work together, older adults and people with disabilities get the coordinated care that allows them to live with dignity and independence in their homes and communities for as long as possible. View the supplement from the September–October 2017 issue of Aging Today.
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ASA is collaborating with n4A to produce a web seminar series for the Aging and Disability Institute. All events are available at no cost to attendees and include complimentary CEUs. Click a title below to learn more about the upcoming and previously recorded events. Check back soon for new events.
Previously Recorded Events
For a complete listing of previously recorded events in this series, click here. |
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Recorded on July 17, 2018 Gauging the Value of AAA Services: Results and Perspectives from a New Value Measurement Poll |
Recorded on May 30, 2018 |
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Recorded on April 24, 2018 The AIMS Model: An Approach to Addressing the Social Determinants of Health in Primary Care |
Recorded on February 28, 2018 Diversified Business Planning for AAA Success: Healthcare Partnerships and Beyond |
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Recorded on January 23, 2018 |
Recorded on December 13, 2017 |
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Recorded on November 29, 2017 Working Together To Build A Network: MCO and CBO Collaboration in Arizona |
Recorded on October 25, 2017 |
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Recorded on September 20, 2017 Taking Integrated Care Success to the Next Level: Statewide Innovation in Virginia |
Recorded on August 16, 2017 |
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Recorded on July 7, 2017 |
Recorded on June 2, 2017 Cost-Modeling CBO Services for Healthcare Partnership Success |
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There are additional recordings available from this webinar series. |
Learn more about the Aging and Disability Business Institute Web Seminar Series.
New! Click here to access podcasts from the Aging and Disability Business Institute Web Seminar Series!
From the September–October 2019 issue of Aging Today Learning Collaborative Jumpstarts CBO-MA Plan Partnership Potential |
From the July–August 2019 issue of Aging Today The Learning Collaborative: A Path to CBO-MA Plan Partnerships |
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From the March–April 2019 issue of Aging Today How Are CBOs Faring With Healthcare Contracts? New Report Reveals Insights, Data |
From the January–February 2019 issue of Aging Today
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From the November–December 2018 issue of Aging Today Assessing Function is Key to Providing Person-Centered, High-Quality Care |
From the September–October 2018 issue of Aging Today Dual Beneficiaries Gauge the Strengths (and Weaknesses) of Cal MediConnect |
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From the September–October 2018 issue of Aging Today Smart Tech Strategies Can Help CBOs Thrive—and Better Fulfill Their Mission |
From the September–October 2018 issue of Aging Today One CBO’s Successful Journey Through Managed Care Lights the Way Forward |
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From the July–August 2018 issue of Aging Today |
From the May–June 2018 issue of Aging Today Going Its Own Way: How One AAA Built Business Acumen, Fiscal Strength and Quality Community Service |
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From the March–April 2018 issue of Aging Today Quality Measures Can Strengthen Care for Vulnerable Populations |
From the January–February 2018 issue of Aging Today The Power of Three: Collaboration Can Help Stroke Survivors Return to Independence |
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From the November–December 2017 issue of Aging Today A Local CBO Learns to Balance its Mission with Business Acumen |
From the November–December 2017 issue of Aging Today |
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From the September–October 2017 issue of Aging Today Post-Hospital Respite Program Gives Frail Homeless Elders A Safe Place to Recover |
From the May–June 2017 issue of Aging Today Finding (Re)Balance in Healthcare’s Changing landscape: Tilting Care Toward the Community |
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From the March-April 2017 issue of Aging Today |
From the January–February 2017 Issue of Aging Today The Southern Maine Agency on Aging: A Patient Approach Nets Multiple Contracts |
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From the January–February 2017 Issue of Aging Today St. Barnabas Senior Services: Finding Value in Social Service |
From the November–December 2016 Issue of Aging Today The Making of a Successful CBO: From Floundering to Flourishing |
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From the September–October 2016 Issue of Aging Today Community-Based Prototypes Play an Integral Role in Effecting Lasting Healthcare Change |
From the September–October 2016 Issue of Aging Today |
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From the July–August 2016 Issue of Aging Today |
From the May–June 2016 Issue of Aging Today Integrating Medical Care and Social Services Can Improve Care Quality for Elders |
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From the March–April 2016 Issue of Aging Today Assistant Secretary for Aging Sees Network at a Crossroads—And a Place of New Opportunities |
From the January–February 2016 Issue of Aging Today Value-Based Purchasing Creates Opportunities for Effective Partnerships |
The Winter 2014-15 issue of ASA's quarterly journal Generations was devoted to the topic “Social and Health Disparities in America's Aging Population” and guest edited by Martha Pelaez, Ph.D. Click below to read articles from this issue.
From the Winter 2014-15 Issue of Generations By Steven P. Wallace |
From the Winter 2014-15 Issue of Generations By Alberto Palloni and James Yonker A Search for Answers to Continuing Health and Mortality Disparities in the United States |
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From the Winter 2014-15 Issue of Generations By Kyriakos S. Markides and Sunshine Rote |
From the Winter 2014-15 Issue of Generations By Nancy R. Hooyman Social and Health Disparities in Aging: Gender Inequities in Long-Term Care |
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From the Winter 2014-15 Issue of Generations By Willy Marcos Valencia, et al. Diabetes in Older Hispanic/ Latino Americans: Understanding Who Is at Greatest Risk |
From the Winter 2014-15 Issue of Generations By Timothy P. McNeill, et al. |
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From the Winter 2014-15 Issue of Generations By Kathryn L. Braun and Cynthia LaCounte The Historic and Ongoing Issue of Health Disparities Among Native Elders |
From the Winter 2014-15 Issue of Generations By Grace J. Yoo, et al. Addressing Health Disparities Among Older Asian Americans: Data and Diversity |
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From the Winter 2014-15 Issue of Generations By Jeanette Takamura Closing the Disparity Gap Requires an Integrated Response from Policy, Research, and Programs |
Additional Resources from the SCAN Foundation
The SCAN Foundation, in partnership with the Health Foundation of Western and Central New York, developed a series of online training resources for community-based organizations to build their business acumen. The CBO Toolkit also includes resources to help community-based organizations value and price their services for partnerships with health payers. Click below to learn more and take these free courses online. Click here to learn more about the SCAN Foundation's Linkage Lab Intiative.
Upcoming Events
Course Length: 1 Hour | Cost: FREE |
Course Length: 2 Hours | Cost: FREE |
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Course Length: 2 Hours | Cost: FREE |
Course Length: 2 Hours | Cost: FREE |
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Funders
The Aging and Disability Business Institute is funded by
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The Aging and Disability Business Institute partners include:
National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
Independent Living Research Utilization/National Center for Aging and Disability
Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley/Healthy Living Center of Excellence.