By Jason Bloome
Money Follows the Person (MFP), a federal program first launched in 2007, allocated $1.75 billion dollars over five years to fund state programs to transition participants from skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) to home and community-based services (HCBS). In 2011 Congress extended the program and increased the program’s allocation to $4 billion. Forty-four ..Read More…
By Tunisia Nelson, Cal State Long Beach Alumni, MSW, ASW
Most children have parents who monitor their academic performances, check their attendance, enroll them in appropriate classes or even attend parent teacher conferences. Parents generally advocate and make sure that their children receive a quality education. When these children are treated unfairly or do not ..Read More…
By Al Murdach MSW (retired)
This column examines words which impact social work practice and are thus important for practitioners to ponder and explore. Our word for this column is: authority.
Authority is a word most social workers prefer to avoid when describing their relationships with clients. Other words such as nurture, care, support, encourage, ..Read More…
By Jason Bloome
A gray tidal wave is looming on the horizon for California. Approximately 7.8 million seniors (65+) call our state home. By 2060, the number of elderly in California is expected to grow 3 times as fast as the general population. From 2010 to 2060, in more than half the counties, there will ..Read More…
By Megan Hartley, MSW Student
Postpartum depression is the most common complication of pregnancy. The California Department of Public health reports that one in give women who give birth in California will experience symptoms of postpartum depression.
On March 19, 2019 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first drug specifically designed ..Read More…
Is Legislation the Only Way to Prevent the Flow of Seniors Who, Every Year, are Forced into Nursing Homes?
By Jason Bloome
When robots go haywire and cars with five wheels start rolling off the assembly lines we know we have a problem. Poor outcomes often result from failures in design. The California Coordinated ..Read More…
By Allison Murdach, LCSW (retired)
This column examines words which impact social work practice and are thus important for social workers to ponder and explore. Our word for this column is: relationship.
For decades a key social work term used to describe the interaction between professional social worker and client was relationship. This term, which ..Read More…
Problems Cited in the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Evaluation of California’s Coordinated Care Initiative May Cripple Its Success
By Jason Bloome
In December 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the first evaluation report of California’s Coordinated Care Initiative (CCI). Here are some of the report’s findings.
Demonstration Changes Announced ..Read More…
MLTSS cannot succeed in California without integrating assisted living facilities.
By Jason Bloome
Managed Long Term Support and Services (MLTSS) programs are quickly expanding throughout the nation. More than 24 states have MLTSS programs which consist of State Medicaid Agencies providing capitated payments to managed care organizations (MCOs) for the provision of LTSS, often in ..Read More…
By Allison D. Murdach, LCSW (retired)
This column examines words which impact social work practice and are thus important for social workers to ponder and explore. Our words for today are: social work image.
Over the past few decades social workers have become increasingly concerned about the profession’s reputation in the world at large. In ..Read More…
