Advocacy Alert – Improve PA’s Nursing Home Regulations
The Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) released the first of five packages of proposed nursing home regulations. The regulations have not been updated since the 1990s. Updating the regulations to make comprehensive improvements in standards is needed now more … Read More
Groundbreaking Report on Racial Disparities in Nursing Homes
CARIE and Community Legal Services (CLS) have been advocating for critical COVID-19 related policy change in Pennsylvania’s Long Term Care (LTC) facilities and organized “PA Advocates for Improved COVID-19 Response in LTC Facilities” to coordinate efforts among leading advocacy groups … Read More
“Favor a Return” by Renaissance woman, Yvette Green
Favor a Return
OOPS!!
Something dropped
Before I can whip out my grabber
A sympathetic backside I see
Picking up something dropped
Kind eyes wanting me to realize
How happy am I that they happened along
I am grateful don’t … Read More
CARIE Statement on Events of January 6th
We at CARIE, along with our nation and the world, watched with horror last Wednesday as rioters attacked our democracy, undermining the electoral process at its heart. As the afternoon unfolded, we witnessed the disparity between the response of law … Read More
CHC Advocates Guide Updated
CARIE is pleased to announce that An Advocates Guide to Community HealthChoices (CHC) has been updated. It provides a comprehensive overview of CHC along with advocacy tips and resource information. The purpose of the guide is to help advocates and … Read More
Community HealthChoices Town Hall
CARIE is hosting a Community HealthChoices (CHC) Town Hall on Thursday, December 17th from 2 to 4 PM. This forum is for CHC participants and their advocates who have questions about CHC or want to share their experiences. (Forum NOT … Read More
Upcoming Webinar – “What Advocates Need to Know about CHC’s LTSS Grievance and Appeals Process”
CARIE concludes its webinar series on Wednesday, October 28 with an upcoming presentation on Community HealthChoices appeals and grievance processes. Please see below for more information, or register here.
Fourth and final webinar in a series to learn about … Read More
Webinar – Understanding Functional Eligibility Determinations (FED) in the Medicaid LTSS Application and Redetermination Processes
CARIE continues its series on the application and redetermination process for Community HealthChoices (CHC) Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS) with a webinar focusing on Functional Eligibility Determinations. During this webinar, representatives from Aging Well and Community Legal Services will … Read More
