June 11, 2009

Targeting Nursing Home Residents: What We Need to Know

Leslie C. Hendrickson, Ph.D., owner and principal of Hendrickson Development, presented at The Hilltop Institute Symposium on Thursday, June 11, 2009. Dr. Hendrickson stated that "states need to know how to find persons with the desire and will to move in order for HCBS expansion to be successful. States need to increase transition efforts that will serve the most people and integrate culture change with transition. States need to work with nursing home staff, such as discharge planners, and develop training on the new MDS Section Q." As a national policy, she believes that states need to learn from the success of other states and that the issue of HCBS programs being cost-effective should be addressed once and for all so that we as a country can move forward.

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