Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority
Grants Research + Proposal Development
Long-term Care Planning Process

Project Date: 2011 to present
Project Manager: Thea Agnew Bemben
Clients: The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority
Locations: Statewide

Through a partnership with The Trust and the State of Alaska, Senior and Disabilities Services, Agnew::Beck facilitates a series of steering committee meetings to help improve the long-term care system in the state. The overarching purpose of the planning process is to identify a common vision for the long-term care service system and to gain consensus among a diverse stakeholder group about the priority actions to be taken.

Resources

• Brain Injuries in Alaska: 10 Year Traumatic Brain Injury Plan (Alaska Brain Injury Network, 2008)
• The Alaska State Plan for Senior Services FY 2012 – FY 2015 (Alaska Commission on Aging, 2011)
• Recommendations for the Alaska Long Term Care Plan
  (HCBS Strategies, 2008)
• Alaska’s Pioneer Homes Planning for Tomorrow
  (Dept. of Health and Social Services, 2009)
• Alaska Pioneer Homes Looking Foward
  (Dept. of Health and Social Services, 2010)
• Tribal Long Term Care Service Development Plan
  (Alaska Tribal Health System, 2008)
• Issue Analysis and Options Brief
  (WICHE Mental Health Program, 2009)
• The Future of Colorado Health Care
  (New America Foundation and the University of Denver’s Center for Colorado’s Economic Future)
• Follow the Money: Financing Home and Community-based Services
  (Pennsylvania Medicaid Policy Center University of Pittsburgh, 2009)
• Long-term Forecast of Medicaid Enrollment and Spending in Alaska: Supplement 2008–2028
  (Governor of Alaska, 2009)
• Long Term Forecast of Medicaid Enrollment and Spending in Alaska: 2005-2025
  (The Lewin Group and ECONorthwest, 2006)
• Long Term Care Needs of Alaska Native Elders
  (Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, 2005)
• Mat-Su Regional Plan for Delivery of Senior Services Executive Summary
  (McDowell Group, Inc./HDG, 2011)
• Mat-Su Regional Plan for Delivery of Senior Services
  (McDowell Group, Inc./HDG, 2011)
• Alaska Long Term Care and Cost Study
  (Public Consulting Group, 2006)
• Medicaid Program Review
  (The Pacific Health Policy Group, 2007)
• Establishment of a Rate-setting Methodology for Home and Community-based Services in Alaska: Preliminary Research and Initial Report
  (Meyers and Stuaffer, 2007)
• Establishment of a Rate-setting Methodology for Home and Community-based Services in Alaska: Recommendations for a Rate Metholody
  (Meyers and Stuaffer, 2008)
• Profiles of State Innovation: Roadmap for Rebalancing Long-Term Supports and Services
  (Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc., 2010)
• State Medicaid Expenditures 2008-2027
  (Strategic Affairs Forecasting, 2008)
• Summary of Findings and Recommendations of Selected Studies of Alaska's Long-term Care System, 1996-2006 (Legislative Research Report for Rep. Peggy Wilson, 2006)
• Assisted Living Care and Funding in Other States for Persons with Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders (Legislative Research Report, 2006) Note: This report is more than 1,000 pages long and can take 15 minutes to upload from this link. You may want to open the link and save the report to your computer by right-clicking and selecting "save target as" or "save link as." This would free your web browser for other tasks while the report saves to your computer.

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